230-Million-Year-Old Huayracursor: Complete Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Argentina's Andes Mountains

Oct 16, 2025 07:35 pm CST

Paleontologists have unearthed an almost complete skeleton of Huayracursor Jaguensis, one of the world's oldest dinosaur species dating back 230 million years, in Argentina's Andes Mountains. This small, long-necked herbivore provides valuable insights into early dinosaur evolution during the critical Triassic period when the first dinosaurs emerged.