The has a diverse fossil record of small animals. Primitive legged snakes, turtles, and small mammals have all been discovered in these rocks. The 1.5 meter likely exploited these as food.

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This illustrated diorama depicts in a swampy scene from the formation in

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Was expecting a new abelisaurid, got something straight out of a spec project. Meet Jakapil kaniukura, a basal thyreophoran from the Late Cretaceous aged Candeleros Formation! For context, this thing lived alongside Giganotosaurus.
Paper linked here: https://t.co/VFCJXtFr0x

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God, here at 4 am I've spent almost all day checking dinosaurs and BOOM appears this basal thyreophore the Jakapil kaniukura who inhabited the Candeleros Fm. , without a doubt, this day starts amazingly.

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Some of the extinct fauna of the Candeleros Formation. I'm working on a big information board with some of the animals discovered at the site to date. Still incomplete, but I hope to finish it soon.

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a buitreraptor sings in a beautifull morning in the Candeleros Formation, argentina. (inspired by roosters).

i am so proud of this one!

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