New dinosaur discovered in Patagonia, called ‘One that causes fear’

A new dinosaur has been discovered in Patagonia and its scientific name translates to ‘the one that causes fear. ‘The first word of his name,’ Llukalkan ‘, translates to’ the one who causes fear ‘in Mapuche, that is the language spoken. found by native residents near the discovery site of this new dinosaur, according to this HuffPost report.

The second word in his name, “aliocranianus”, translates to “unusual skull” in Latin, but if you look at his skull, you will find that it looks like that of a T-Rex, or maybe even the Indominus Rex who in Jurassic World.

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This is because the Llukalkan aliocranianus, like the T-Rex, was a large-headed dinosaur with small arms and large legs. However, a deeper, more scientific look at the skull reveals that it appears that the Llukalkan aliocranianus heard better than most other dinosaurs of this type.

“A peculiarity of this dinosaur is that it has cavities in the ear area that other abelisaurids did not have, which could give different kinds of auditory abilities to this species, possibly a greater hearing range,” said the National University of San Luis, Argentina , paleontologist, Federico Gianechini, said in their research article on this discovery. “This, coupled with its keen sense of smell, would have given great abilities as a predator to this species.”

Many fossilized pieces of this dinosaur, which include teeth, parts of its jaws, the bones around the eye sockets and more, were discovered in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Argentina. This new type of dinosaur was estimated to have been on Earth about 80 million years ago, as noted by HuffPost.According to HuffPost, a press release from Gianechini and their co-author of the study, Ariel Méndez, reveals that abelisaurides were still alive and well before all dinosaurs became extinct. It is stated that the Llukalkan aliocranianus, which was “one of the ten currently known species of abelisaurides”, was ruling the “Tyrannosaurus rex” over the Northern Hemisphere, “to flourish in the Southern Hemisphere.”

The press release states that the Llukalkan aliocranianus was’ probably among the best predators’ in Patagonia ‘due to its enormous size (up to five meters long), extremely powerful bite, very sharp teeth, large claws in their feet and their sharp sense of smell. . ‘

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Wesley LeBlanc is a news writer, guide, and science guru for IGN. You can follow him Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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