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formada por dos vértebras excepcionalmente altas

The genus name is derived from Greek

A distinctive feature of Oviraptor was its toothless

Its elongated neck is thought to have given it an advantage in the competition for resources

Jakapil kaniukura Variante:Sin imprimar " honors the expedition leaderJakapil kaniukura was a small thyreophoran dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, known from remains recovered from the upper levels of the Candeleros Formation in Ro Negro Province, Argentina. Formally described in 2022 by Riguetti, Apestegua, and Pereda Suberbiola, this taxon represents one of the most singular discoveries of recent years in the study of armoured dinosaurs, as it documents the survival in South America of a lineage of basal