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News Release 14-111

T. Rex times seven: New dinosaur species is discovered in Argentina

Drexel researchers uncover immense, remarkably complete dinosaur skeleton; research team includes three NSF Graduate Research Fellows

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scientist with dinosaur skeleton

Kenneth Lacovara surrounded by the skeleton of Dreadnoughtus schrani.

Credit: Kenneth Lacovara


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NSF/Drexel Dinosaur Discovery.

Credit: Video: Drexel/NSF; Image: Jennifer Hall


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scientist with student preparing 3-D scans

Lacovara's team prepared 3-D laser scans of most of the fossil bones from Dreadnoughtus schrani, making them available to other researchers, or to anyone, for future study. Here, Lacovara works with doctoral candidate Anna Jaworski scanning the Dreadnoughtus femur.

Credit: Drexel University


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members of research team in lab

Members of the Lacovara lab from left to right, Anna Jaworski, Paul Ullmann, Kenneth Lacovara, Elena Schroeter, Kristyn Voegele, Zachary Boles.

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reconstructed skeleton and silhouette

The reconstructed skeleton and body silhouette of Dreadnoughtus, showing fossil bones that were found in white.

Credit: Lacovara et al.


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a tem of researchers standing by the excavation site

Excavation team, left to right: Jason Poole, Christopher Coughenour, Alison Moyer, Kenneth Lacovara, Lucio Ibiricu, Jason Schein, Yanko Kamerbeek.

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scientist with dinosaur bones

Kenneth Lacovara with the tibia (shinbone) and humerus (upper arm bone) from Dreadnoughtus schrani.

Credit: Drexel University


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