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Lucianovenator: first coelophysid from South America

Started by ZoPteryx, May 12, 2017, 07:48:58 AM

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http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1003

The dinosaur that tried to be passed off last month as Lucianosaurus, only to find that name was preoccupied!  :))  Since the paper isn't open access there's not much I can say about it, but it's definitely a long overdue type of theropod from South America, and being from the Late Triassic would make it the oldest of its kind known from Gondwana.  I wonder of this indicates a northern hemisphere origin for the group and subsequent dispersal back south.