Excavating Dreadnoughtus in Patagonia in 2006 (IMAGE)

Drexel University

Excavating Dreadnoughtus in Patagonia in 2006

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A US-Argentinian team led by Drexel University's Kenneth Lacovara, PhD, excavated the skeleton of Dreadnoughtus schrani from southern Patagonia over four field seasons from 2005 through 2009. The completeness and articulated nature of the two skeletons they found are evidence that these individuals were buried in sediments rapidly before their bodies fully decomposed.

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Kenneth Lacovara

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