Researchers in Chile unearthed megaraptor fossils for the first time, along with three other fossils never found in the area.
Researchers in Chile have unearthed fossils of four dinosaurs never found in the region before. These new fossils include two species of birds, as well as two velociraptor-like dinosaurs. Chief among the discoveries were megaraptor fossils.
The fossils are exceptionally intriguing because the valley where they were discovered is an inhospitable valley in Chilean Patagonia. This valley has emerged as a very important fossil deposit in recent years, though, and it continues to baffle scientists with the discoveries they are making there. Finding these megaraptor fossils in the Las China valley is exciting, the researchers say, especially because they haven’t been found here before. They say that they identified the raptors thanks to their claws, small teeth – which were great for tearing – and their large upper limbs. These identifiers would have put them at the top of the food chain in the region.
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