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<blockquote data-quote="JediMatt1000" data-source="post: 1764" data-attributes="member: 48"><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ARGENTINA - SCIENTISTS on a dig in southern Argentina have uncovered a 5-foot-long shielded dinosaur. Called the <em>Jakapil kaniukura</em></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, it measured 9 to 15 pounds; roughly the same as an ordinary house cat. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The miniature dinosaur's fossilized bones were excavated during a series of paleontological digs throughout the past 10 years located next to a dam in Patagonia's Rio Negro area. This region is a haven to the La Buitrera paleontological zone, a region famous for the finding of three complete Unenlagia skeletons (southern raptors), the oldest located Chelid turtles, and herbivorous crocodiles, among others, according to Popular Science. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jakapil is a part of the Thyreophoran dinosaur unit that existed from the Jurassic period to the early Cretaceous period and whose moniker translates to “shield bearer.” This aggressive-looking bunch consisted of the spiky-tailed Stegosaurus and the armored Ankylosaurus. Similar to its thorny relatives, Jakapil had inborn physical safeguards consisting of lines of bony oval-shaped armor along its back, neck, and its tail. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The authors of the report, Facundo J. Riguetti, Sebastián Apesteguía, and Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola say, “It bears unusual anatomical features showing that several traits traditionally associated with the heavy Cretaceous thyreophorans did not occur universally, and “Jakapil also shows that early thyreophorans had a much broader geographic distribution than previously thought,” as quoted by Popular Science. </span></span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">The group released their discovery in the journal, </span></span></em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><em><em>Scientific Reports</em> on August 11th. They initially found Jakapil's incomplete skeleton next to 15 tooth segments, which showed Jakapil's teeth were leaf-configured, similar to a modern iguana's. </em></span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">Head Paleontologist Sebastián Apesteguía thinks the Jakapil find hails as a “first of its kind” breakthrough of an armored dinosaur in South America. It also matches a more natural form of thyreophoran dinosaur. </span></span></em></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sources:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/science/jakapil-kaniukura-argentina-dinosaur/" target="_blank">Popular Science</a></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JediMatt1000, post: 1764, member: 48"] [FONT=courier new][SIZE=3]ARGENTINA - SCIENTISTS on a dig in southern Argentina have uncovered a 5-foot-long shielded dinosaur. Called the [I]Jakapil kaniukura[/I][/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=courier new][SIZE=3], it measured 9 to 15 pounds; roughly the same as an ordinary house cat. The miniature dinosaur's fossilized bones were excavated during a series of paleontological digs throughout the past 10 years located next to a dam in Patagonia's Rio Negro area. This region is a haven to the La Buitrera paleontological zone, a region famous for the finding of three complete Unenlagia skeletons (southern raptors), the oldest located Chelid turtles, and herbivorous crocodiles, among others, according to Popular Science. Jakapil is a part of the Thyreophoran dinosaur unit that existed from the Jurassic period to the early Cretaceous period and whose moniker translates to “shield bearer.” This aggressive-looking bunch consisted of the spiky-tailed Stegosaurus and the armored Ankylosaurus. Similar to its thorny relatives, Jakapil had inborn physical safeguards consisting of lines of bony oval-shaped armor along its back, neck, and its tail. The authors of the report, Facundo J. Riguetti, Sebastián Apesteguía, and Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola say, “It bears unusual anatomical features showing that several traits traditionally associated with the heavy Cretaceous thyreophorans did not occur universally, and “Jakapil also shows that early thyreophorans had a much broader geographic distribution than previously thought,” as quoted by Popular Science. [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=courier new]The group released their discovery in the journal, [/FONT][/SIZE][/I][SIZE=3][FONT=courier new][I][I]Scientific Reports[/I] on August 11th. They initially found Jakapil's incomplete skeleton next to 15 tooth segments, which showed Jakapil's teeth were leaf-configured, similar to a modern iguana's. [/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=courier new]Head Paleontologist Sebastián Apesteguía thinks the Jakapil find hails as a “first of its kind” breakthrough of an armored dinosaur in South America. It also matches a more natural form of thyreophoran dinosaur. [/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [CENTER][FONT=courier new][SIZE=3]Sources:[/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=courier new][SIZE=3] [URL='https://www.popsci.com/science/jakapil-kaniukura-argentina-dinosaur/']Popular Science[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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