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An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile

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  • Fernando E. Novas

    (Conicet, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
    Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”)

  • Leonardo Salgado

    (Conicet, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
    Conicet, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
    Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro)

  • Manuel Suárez

    (Universidad Andres Bello, Geología, Facultad de Ingeniería)

  • Federico L. Agnolín

    (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
    Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Universidad Maimónides)

  • Martín D. Ezcurra

    (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham)

  • Nicolás R. Chimento

    (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”)

  • Rita de la Cruz

    (Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería)

  • Marcelo P. Isasi

    (Conicet, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
    Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”)

  • Alexander O. Vargas

    (Red Paleontológica U-Chile. Laboratorio de Ontogenia y Filogenia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile)

  • David Rubilar-Rogers

    (Red Paleontológica U-Chile. Laboratorio de Ontogenia y Filogenia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile
    Área Paleontología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile)

Abstract

A new dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Chile (about 150 million years ago) has been discovered and identified as a primitive kind of theropod that, unusually, was herbivore.

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  • Fernando E. Novas & Leonardo Salgado & Manuel Suárez & Federico L. Agnolín & Martín D. Ezcurra & Nicolás R. Chimento & Rita de la Cruz & Marcelo P. Isasi & Alexander O. Vargas & David Rubilar-Rogers, 2015. "An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile," Nature, Nature, vol. 522(7556), pages 331-334, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:522:y:2015:i:7556:d:10.1038_nature14307
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14307
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