Today (1/19), Argentine paleontologists reported the discovery of a new type of
dinosaur that supports the theory of continental drift, in that it supports the
idea that South America and Africa were once joined as a single landmass.
A local resident discovered the fossil at La Picassa, which is in Neuquen
province 1500km southwest of Buenos Aires. The story says that the find
consists of a complete skeleton of a 6-meter-long herbivorous dinosaur. The
animal appears to be similar to contemporary species from Africa.
The new dino is described by Dr. Jose Bonaparte as having a "long neck and a
relatively small head," which seems to imply it's some type of anchisaurid or
other prosauropod, maybe a relative of _Plateosaurus_. Bonaparte also said
that the discovery "serves to confirm the fauna identity between Africa and
South America, during the period in which both were joined."
JSW