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A MEF paleontologist is involved in the recent discovery made between Argentine and South African researchers that highlights the importance of both territories in the origin and diversification of sauropods.Sefapanosaurus zastronensis, as he was named because of the particularity of its ankle bone in a cross shape, belonged to the group of basal Sauropodomorphs, bipedal herbivores…

Important discovery between Colombian and Argentinian paleontologists gives a better understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution of large herbivorous dinosaurs.This is the first species of Colombian dinosaur to be described. Padillasaurus leivaensis, as paleontologists named it, belonged to the family of brachiosauridaes, one of the groups of large herbivorous dinosaurs with long necks that characterized…