Remains of previously unknown dinosaur discovered in Chile
Titanosaur species found in Atacama desert, now a barren land but which millions of years ago would have provided herbivore with lush plant life to feed on Joe Sommerlad @JoeSommerlad , The Independent Tuesday 20 April 2021 An artist’s impression of the plant-eating dinosaur whose remains scientists have discovered in the Atacama desert in Chile (Reuters) A previously unknown species of dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Chile ’s barren Atacama desert, an area the herbivore would have known millions of years ago as dense with lush foliage. The remains of Arackar licanantay, which means “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language, was discovered 47 miles south of the city of Copiapo by a team of geologists led by Carlos Arevalo. The titanosaur appears to have had a small head but a long neck and tail, as well as an unusually flat back compared with others like it. The dinosaur is thought to have lived during the Cretaceous period 66-80 million years ago when the