July 23, 2016

Reconstruction of Gualicho shinyae with the bones found in white (Image SebastiƔn Apesteguƭa at al.)

An article published in the journal PLOS ONE describes the discovery of a theropod dinosaur that was called Gualicho shinyae. It’s been classified in the group of carnosaurs and what makes it particularly interesting is that its arms are small like those of the more famous Tyrannosaurus rex, classified in another group of theropods. This suggests that this feature evolved a number of times independently.