D. Hernández, L. Salgado
(Paleontólog), R. Carolini y R. Coria (Paleontólog), at the moment they found the jawbone of the Giganotosaurus Carolinii.
Enjoying a bote trip around Los Gigantes.
Fossilized Footprints on the cost of El Chocón Lake
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El Valle de los Dinosaurs is situated in the southeast of Neuquén
province. This is the place where Ruben Carolini in 1993 found the fossil
of the Giganotosaurus Carolinii (14.5 m and 10 tons), the biggest carnivorous
dinosaur ever found in the world.
Here Lieto Tessone also found the Rebbachisaurus Tessonei in 1988, and
just 50 Km away from here it was found the Argentinosaurus Huinculensis,
the biggest dinosaurs ever found in the world. This has a simple explanation:
100 millions of years ago this area was a jungle plenty of rivers, lagoons
and big dinosaurs going around.
Nowadays the valley is a large dam on the Limay
River with a beautiful lake surrounded by pink hills, petrified
forests and all the secrets of a desert region. A museum is the main attraction
of the village "Villa El Chocón" (1,000 inhabitants), where it its
possible to see the fossilized rest of the Giganotosaurus Carolinii.
It is a perfect place to practice different activities like fishing,
swimming, sailing, camping, visit the museum with dinosaurs remains, or
see millions years old dinosaurs footprints on the coast. The region has
been declared of interest by the UN in 1996, and as a national monument
in 1997.
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