Tag: Argentina
Mummified mice discovered atop sky-high Andean volcanoes
They were the summits of 20,000-foot volcanoes. Amid the driest desert on Earth. Where temperatures never breached freezing, where less than half of sea-level...
800-year-old burial of woman in canoe discovered in Northwest Patagonia
In Mapuche society, the last trip for the deceased was made in a wampo, a small wooden canoe that allowed them to cross the...
Previous hypotheses questioned in origin of dinosaurs in Argentina
A group of researchers from CONICET and the University of Utah demonstrated that during the time of the first dinosaurs, variations in the diversity...
A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil
Maehary bonapartei represents a small reptile that is considered to be the most basal of the evolutionary lineage that gave rise to pterosaurs. The...
New armless abelisaur dinosaur species discovered in Argentina
A new dinosaur which formed part of an array of 'unusual' creatures has been discovered in Argentina. The new species, Guemesia ochoai, could be...
New species of spinosaurid dinosaur discovered in Portugal
Portugal was once home to a huge 33ft-long dinosaur with a crocodile-like skull and spiny back, a new study has revealed.
Life reconstruction of Iberospinus...