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

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 and David Rubilar-Rogers
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Fernando E. Novas: Conicet, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
Leonardo Salgado: Conicet, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
Manuel Suárez: Universidad Andres Bello, Geología, Facultad de Ingeniería
Federico L. Agnolín: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “B. Rivadavia”
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”
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

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7556, 331-334

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.

Date: 2015
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