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Pycnonemosaurus

Pycnonemosaurus Pycnonemosaurus (PIK-no-NEE-mo-SAWR-us; “Dense woodland lizard”) is a genus of large abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that roamed South America during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in Brazil, and the name refers to the dense forests that characterize the Mato Grosso region today. Pycnonemosaurus was first named […]

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Pyroraptor

“`html Pyroraptor: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Pyroraptor Pyroraptor (PIE-roe-RAP-tor; “Fire Thief”) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago, in what is now southern France. Its name means “fire thief” because the first fossils were discovered in 1992 after a forest fire in

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