A team of biologists at
San Marcos University (UNMSM) and National University of La Plata (Argentina) reported the discovery of plesiosaur fossil remains at Morro Solar in Lima's Chorrillos district, UNMSM informed.
According to the educational institution, the fossil material includes a propodium (femur or humerus), three vertebrae and an ilium (pelvis bone), which were donated by biologist Ivan Meza to the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at
UNMSM Museum of Natural History.
This is the first record of a plesiosaur in Peru and the second of an Early Cretaceous species in the Pacific coast of South America.
Therefore, Peruvian paleontology makes a new contribution to the knowledge of the past of life on Earth.
Plesiosaurs were marine reptiles of the Mesozoic and were recorded on all continents including Antarctica.
(END) NDP/LIT/DTK/RMB
Publicado: 11/10/2019