Niebla

Ne-blah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Niebla ‭(‬mist‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ne-blah.

Named By

Mauro Aranciaga Rolandoa,‭ ‬Mauricio A.Cerroni,‭ ‬Jordi A.Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnol�na,‭ ‬Mat�as J.Motta,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Federico Brisson Egl�a‭ & ‬Fernando E.Novasa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Abelisauridae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬antiqua

Size

Roughly estimated at between‭ ‬4‭ ‬to‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Allen Formation.

Time Period

Campanian/Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬jaw and post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Niebla is a genus of abelisaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the late‭ ‬Cretaceous.‭ ‬Though only known from partial remains,‭ ‬Niebla seems to have actually been quite a small abelisaurid dinosaur,‭ ‬perhaps only about half of the size of some of the larger abelisaurid dinosaurs that were also roaming around South America at the same time as Niebla.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new medium-sized abelisaurid‭ (‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Dinosauria‭) ‬from the late cretaceous‭ (‬Maastrichtian‭) ‬Allen Formation of Northern Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Sciences:‭ ‬102915.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mauro Aranciaga Rolandoa,‭ ‬Mauricio A.Cerroni,‭ ‬Jordi A.Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬Federico L.‭ ‬Agnol�na,‭ ‬Mat�as J.Motta,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Federico Brisson Egl�a‭ & ‬Fernando E.Novasa‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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