BONA VISTA: Paleontologists announced the discovery of a small, armoured dinosaur in southern Argentina on Thursday. This dinosaur, which presumably walked upright on its rear legs approximately 100 million years ago, was previously unknown.
They said that Jakapil kaniukura, a dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, would have been well-protected by rows of bony disk-shaped armour from its neck, back, and all the way down to its tail.
It was roughly 5 feet (1.5 metres) length and weighed 9 to 15 pounds (4-7 kg), which is comparable to a domestic cat.According to the researchers, the finding of Jakapil is a first-of-its-kind example of an armoured dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in South America.
It belongs to the thyreophoran dinosaur family, which also contains the armor-clad Ankylosaurus and the Stegosaurus, both of which have tails with sharp points and bony back plates.
