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Four dinosaur species
January 24 , 2023
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- Scientists have found the remains of four species of dinosaurs, including a megaraptor.
- The fossils were found in Cerro Guido, in southern Chile's Las Chinas valley near the border with Argentina.
- They belong to dinosaurs that have not previously been identified in the area.
- Megaraptor was a large theropod of the Cretaceous Period.
- These carnivorous dinosaurs had raptor claws, small teeth for tearing, and large upper limbs.
- They inhabited between 66 and 75 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period.
- The Cretaceous Period, in geologic time, is the last of the three periods of the Mesozoic Era.
- The Cretaceous began 145.0 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago.
- Theropod group includes all the known carnivorous dinosaurs as well as the birds.
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