The Chilesaurio, amazing herbivorous dinosaur in southern Chile – Tiempo.hn

Paris, France- was herbivore, could they reach three meters in size and anatomy reminiscent of several species: the Chilesaurus diegosaurezi is “one of the strangest dinosaurs ever discovered,” said Paleontologists yesterday.

This new dinosaur belongs to the family of theropods, like the famous carnivores like Velociraptor, carnotauro or Tyrannosaurus. But Chilesaurio had special features.

“We are amazed by the strange anatomy Chilesaurio, reminiscent of the different groups of dinosaurs, said Fernando Novas, Argentine paleontologist author of the study published in the journal Nature.

“Your pelvic girdle resembles the ornitisquios, bird-hipped dinosaurs, large hind legs and four fingers, much like primitive Sauropodomorphs” that theropods, thinner and with three fingers .

According to paleontologist, the chilesaurio “is one of the strangest dinosaurs known.”

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His skeleton was discovered for the first Once in southern Chile by Diego Suarez, who gave his name. In February 2004, this 7 year old boy accompanied his paleontologists parents in the Andes when he found by chance remains fossils in rocks dating from the end of the Jurassic period , about 145 million years ago.

Since then more than a dozen copies of this dinosaur were found, including four complete skeletons.

“At first I was convinced they were three different dinosaurs, but when we put together the most complete skeleton, it became clear that all elements belonged to a new species of dinosaur, “says Novas.

The small proportion skull or leaf-shaped teeth reveal that he fed on plants.

In fact, the different parts of the Chilesaurio body were adapted to a diet as a way of individuals, similar to other groups of dinosaurs, as a result of the phenomenon of convergent evolution life said a statement from the English University of Birmingham.

“In this process, there are one or more regions of the body that resembles the other species that are not related because of similar life modes and of revolutionary pressures, “explains Martin Ezcurra, also of Argentina and co-author of the research.

The teeth of the dinosaur are very close to those of primitive dinosaurs equipped with a large collar because for millions of years had a system of comparable power.

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“The Chilesaurus is a good example to illustrate the mechanisms of evolution” in past eras, Martin Ezcurra, also of Argentina and coauthor of research.