Sergio Soto-Acuña1,2, Alexander O Vargas3, Jonatan Kaluza4,5,6

  • 1Red Paleontológica U-Chile, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. sesotacu@ug.uchile.cl.

Nature
|December 2, 2021
PubMed
まとめ

チリで新しい装甲型恐竜の ステーゴーロス・エルンガッセンが発見されました 独特の尻尾の武器が付いているのです この発見は,ゴンドワナの初期のアンキロサウルスの進化に光を当てます.

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