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Skorpiovenator Bustingorryi
''Skorpiovenator'' ("scorpion hunter") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is one of the most complete and informative abelisaurids yet known, described from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton. Description The preserved length of the excavated ''Skorpiovenator'' skeleton from the premaxilla to the 12th caudal vertebra is . It was estimated to have grown up to in length. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul gave larger estimations of and .Paul, G.S. (2010) ''The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs'', Princeton University Press p. 81 In 2016, a similar size to the original estimate at has been estimated. It had short, stubby, near-useless arms, but strong legs with powerful thighs and sturdy shins over which its large body was balanced. Skull ''Skorpiovenators skull was short, stout and covered in the ridges, furrows, tubercles and bumpy nodules that are scattered over the heads of most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the stratigraphic column deposited during the corresponding age. Both age and stage bear the same name. As a unit of geologic time measure, the Cenomanian Age spans the time between 100.5 and 93.9 million years ago (Mya). In the geologic timescale, it is preceded by the Albian and is followed by the Turonian. The Upper Cenomanian starts around at 95 Mya. The Cenomanian is coeval with the Woodbinian of the regional timescale of the Gulf of Mexico and the early part of the Eaglefordian of the regional timescale of the East Coast of the United States. At the end of the Cenomanian, an anoxic event took place, called the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event or the "Bonarelli event", that is associated with a minor extinction event for marine spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
227 Arg ElChocon Laboratorio Scorpiovenator
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Carnotaurus 2017
''Carnotaurus'' (; ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, probably sometime between 71 and 69 million years ago. The only species is ''Carnotaurus sastrei''. Known from a single well-preserved skeleton, it is one of the best-understood theropods from the Southern Hemisphere. The skeleton, found in 1984, was uncovered in the Chubut Province of Argentina from rocks of the La Colonia Formation. ''Carnotaurus'' is a derived member of the Abelisauridae, a group of large theropods that occupied the large predatorial niche in the southern landmasses of Gondwana during the late Cretaceous. Within the Abelisauridae, the genus is often considered a member of the Brachyrostra, a clade of short-snouted forms restricted to South America. ''Carnotaurus'' was a lightly built, bipedal predator, measuring in length and weighing . As a theropod, ''Carnotaurus'' was highly specialized and distinctive. It had thick horns above the eyes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnotaurini
Carnotaurini is a tribe of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae from the Late Cretaceous period of Patagonia. It includes the dinosaurs '' Carnotaurus sastrei''; the type species, '' Aucasaurus garridoi'', and '' Abelisaurus comahuensis''. This group was first proposed by paleontologists Rodolfo Coria, Luis Chiappe, and Lowell Dingus in 2002, being defined as a clade containing "'' Carnotaurus sastrei'', '' Aucasaurus garridoi'', their most recent common ancestor, and all of its decendants." Description Anatomical description and geological distribution Carnotaurins were relatively lightly built but large theropods, ranging in size from 6.1-7.8 m (20-25.6 ft) and 1400–2000 kg (1.6-2.3 tons) in weight. Their geographical distribution lied in South America, as all three species have been found in various formations in Argentina, being the Anacleto Formation of the Rio Colorado Subgroup in the Neuquén Basin and possibly the Sir Fernandez field of the Alle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majungasaurus BW (flipped)
''Majungasaurus'' (; ) is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, making it one of the last known non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. The genus contains a single species, ''Majungasaurus crenatissimus''. This dinosaur is also called ''Majungatholus'', a name which is considered a junior synonym of ''Majungasaurus''. Like other abelisaurids, ''Majungasaurus'' was a bipedal predator with a short snout. Although the forelimbs are not completely known, they were very short, while the hind limbs were longer and very stocky. It can be distinguished from other abelisaurids by its wider skull, the very rough texture and thickened bone on the top of its snout, and the single rounded horn on the roof of its skull, which was originally mistaken for the dome of a pachycephalosaur. It also had more teeth in both upper and lower jaws than mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnotaurinae
Carnotaurinae is a subfamily of the theropod dinosaur family Abelisauridae. It includes the dinosaurs ''Aucasaurus'' (from Argentina), ''Carnotaurus'' (from Argentina). The group was first proposed by American paleontologist Paul Sereno in 1998, defined as a clade containing all abelisaurids more closely related to ''Carnotaurus'' than to ''Majungasaurus''. Classification *Subfamily Carnotaurinae **Brachyrostra ***''Ekrixinatosaurus'' (Argentina) ***''Elemgasem'' (Argentina) ***''Guemesia'' (Argentina) ***''Ilokelesia'' (Argentina) ***''Skorpiovenator'' (Argentina) ***''Thanos'' (Brazil) *** Furileusauria ****?'' Niebla'' (Argentina) ****'' Llukalkan'' (Argentina) ****'' Viavenator'' (Argentina) ****''Pycnonemosaurus'' (Brazil) ****''Quilmesaurus'' (Argentina) ****Carnotaurini *****''Carnotaurus'' (Argentina) ***** Abelisaurinae ******''Aucasaurus'' (Argentina) ******'' Abelisaurus'' (Argentina) Phylogeny In 2008, Canale ''et al.'' published a phylogenetic analysis focusing on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skorpiovenator Skull
''Skorpiovenator'' ("scorpion hunter") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is one of the most complete and informative abelisaurids yet known, described from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton. Description The preserved length of the excavated ''Skorpiovenator'' skeleton from the premaxilla to the 12th caudal vertebra is . It was estimated to have grown up to in length. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul gave larger estimations of and .Paul, G.S. (2010) ''The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs'', Princeton University Press p. 81 In 2016, a similar size to the original estimate at has been estimated. It had short, stubby, near-useless arms, but strong legs with powerful thighs and sturdy shins over which its large body was balanced. Skull ''Skorpiovenators skull was short, stout and covered in the ridges, furrows, tubercles and bumpy nodules that are scattered over the heads of most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa El Chocón
Villa El Chocón is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina. The village was initially created to house the workmen building the Ezequiel Ramos Mexía dam (colloquially known as El Chocón Dam) on the Limay River. The dam is now completed and is the site of one of the main hydroelectric power plants in Argentina. Located in Villa El Chocón is the Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum, which exhibits several fossil remains found nearby, notably those of ''Giganotosaurus''. Also, near Villa El Chocón, were found several groups of fossil dinosaur footprints . History In 1967 the national government created the company Hidroeléctrica Norpatagónica S.A. (HIDRONOR S.A.) to develop hydroelectrical facilities in the Limay River and in the Neuquén River. So, in late 1968, HIDRONOR S.A. begins the works at the Complejo Hidroeléctrico Chocón-Cerros Colorados. The first workshops, accesses, camps and pieces of equipment are then located. Due to it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum
The Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum (''Museo Municipal Paleontológico, Arqueológico e Histórico "Ernesto Bachmann"'' or Archaeological, Paleontological and Historical Municipal Museum) (MEB) in Villa El Chocón, Neuquén Province, Argentina, is a municipal museum dedicated to the paleontology, archaeology and history of Villa El Chocón and its surroundings. http://www.guiapatagoniaactiva.com.ar/chocon-museo-municipal-ernesto-bachmann.php History The Museum was inaugurated on 10 July 1997, and since 16 May 1999 it bears the name of Ernesto Bachmann, who was an enthusiast of paleontology. The creation of the MEB was triggered by the finding of ''Giganotosaurus Carolinii'', one of the world's largest carnivorous dinosaurs, found in July 1993 by Rubén Darío Carolini to the southwest of Villa El Chocón. Paleontology The museum of Villa El Chocón was created as a consequence of paleontological findings of great scientific importance in the Exequiel Ramos Mexía D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilokelesia
''Ilokelesia'' is an extinct genus of abelisaurid theropod,Coria, R.A.; Salgado, L. & Calvo, J.O. (1991) "Primeros restos de dinosaurios Theropoda del Miembro Huincul, Formación Río Limay (Cretácico Tardío Presenoniano), Neuquén, Argentina." ''Ameghiniana'', 28: 405-406. preserved in the layers of the earliest Late Cretaceous of the Huincul Formation, Neuquén Group, located near Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province, Argentina. The specimen, consisting of very fragmentary elements of the skull and the axial and appendicular skeleton, was described by Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in late 1998. Discovery and naming ''Ilokelesia'' is only known from very fragmentary elements of the skull and the axial and appendicular skeleton, discovered in 1991. It was discovered ten meters away from where the holotype of ''Huinculsaurus'' was discovered. The genus was named and described in 1998. Etymology The generic name's etymology is derived from the Mapuche language, ''ilo'' meani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapusaurus
''Mapusaurus'' () was a giant carcharodontosaurid carnosaurian dinosaur from the early Late Cretaceous (early Turonian stage), approximately 93.9 to 89.6 million years ago, of what is now Argentina. Discovery ''Mapusaurus'' was excavated between 1997 and 2001, by the Argentinian-Canadian Dinosaur Project, from an exposure of the Huincul Formation ( Rio Limay Subgroup, Cenomanian) at Cañadón del Gato. It was described and named by paleontologists Rodolfo Coria and Phil Currie in 2006. The name ''Mapusaurus'' is derived from the Mapuche word ''Mapu'', meaning 'of the Land' or 'of the Earth' and the Greek ''sauros'', meaning 'lizard'. The type species, ''Mapusaurus roseae'', is named for both the rose-colored rocks, in which the fossils were found and for Rose Letwin, who sponsored the expeditions which recovered these fossils. The designated holotype for the genus and type species, ''Mapusaurus roseae'', is an isolated right nasal (MCF-PVPH-108.1, Museo Carmen Funes, Paleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patagonia
Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands and steppes to the east. Patagonia is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and many bodies of water that connect them, such as the Strait of Magellan, the Beagle Channel, and the Drake Passage to the south. The Colorado and Barrancas rivers, which run from the Andes to the Atlantic, are commonly considered the northern limit of Argentine Patagonia. The archipelago of Tierra del Fuego is sometimes included as part of Patagonia. Most geographers and historians locate the northern limit of Chilean Patagonia at Huincul Fault, in Araucanía Region.Manuel Enrique Schilling; Richard WalterCarlson; AndrésTassara; Rommulo Vieira Conceição; Gustavo Walter Bertotto; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
