May 7, 2016

Sarmientosaurus musacchioi skull (A, C) and interpretive drawing (B) (Image Rubén D. F. Martínez et al.)

An article published in the journal “PLoS ONE journal” describes the analysis of the fossil skull of a sauropod dinosaur discovered in Patagonia, Argentina. Called Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, it was a titanosaur, the group the largest dinosaurs ever lived belonged to. A team led by Rubén Martínez of the Laboratorio de Paleovertebrados of the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB) discovered that it had developed senses.