
Huayracursor jaguensis dinosaur fossil rewrites the story of how sauropods got long necks
Illustration of the Triassic dinosaur Huayracursor jaguensis Jorge Blanco. High in the Argentinian Andes, a team of palaeontologists has found a small dinosaur fossil with the first hints of the extended neck that distinguishes sauropod dinosaurs like Diplodocus. Named Huayracursor jaguensis, the fossil is a partial skeleton from a dinosaur that lived in the Triassic…