News about dinosaur, Argentina

A #NewSpecies of ancient #crocodile relative has been discovered! 🐊 Living almost 240 million years ago, Parvosuchus would have weighed about the same as a cat – but which would you have preferred as a pet this #FossilFriday?

Colin Boisvert, Brian Curtice, Mathew Wedel & Ray Wilhite (2024) Description of a new specimen of Haplocanthosaurus from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry The Anatomical Record (advance online publication) doi: doi.org/10.1002/ar.25520 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25520

The ornate North American horned dinosaur #Lokiceratops indicates strong endemism in these animals, rapid evolution, and suggests that there are still many species yet to find. A new article by me in BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag .... www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/lokiceratops-rangiformis-facts #dinosaurs #newdinosaurs

Welcome Lokiceratops! It was fun being a part of the big team revealing this huge & ornate new horned #dinosaur to the world. The lower Judith River Formation hosts a high diversity of these dinos— what ever was going on evolutionary rates were high around 78 million years ago pic.twitter.com/DYSqD7UxT5