Argentine researchers have reported that the fossils represent a dinosaur species called ninjitan, which lived on our Earth 140 million years ago. Researchers identified ninjatitan as a titanosaur, the oldest member of the dinosaur group.
Recently, on March 1, 2021, researchers announced the discovery of fossils of dinosaurs 140 million years ago in Argentina. The remains of an incomplete skeleton of a dinosaur have been discovered in the south region of Argentina in the city of Neuquén.
These fossils are found from the Patagonian jungle of Argentina, which is the oldest-known member of the dinosaur group called titanosaur. Which includes the largest land-dwelling animals in the history of the Earth.
The lead author of this study, Pablo Galina, a leading researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina (CONICET), stated that “The presence of titanosaurs is recorded in different parts of the world, but the oldest-known records of this Were more modern than discovery. “
- The ninjitan was a large dinosaur that was about 65 feet in length but was much smaller than the later titanosaurs such as the Argentinosaurus, which was about 115 feet (35 m) long.
- Titanosaurs were a diverse group of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs who walked on huge legs like four pillars.
- They are part of a larger group of dinosaurs, called sauropods, which include other dinosaurs with similar body designs, such as Brontosaurus and Diplodox, that inhabited North America during the Jurassic period.
- The Titanosaurians was the last surviving dinosaurs of long-necked sauropods. This group includes some of the largest land animals on Earth, such as the Patagotitans.
- In Patagonia only about 120 million years ago information about titanosaurs was found.
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