Previously as an unknown species from 2019 to 2023, this dinosaur has now recently now been identified as a new species of dinosaur, which this article will talk about. Discovered in the outcrops of the Lago Colhué Huapí Formation in Argentina, the dinosaur Joaquinraptor Casali or Joaquinraptor for short was discovered in 2019 and would take several expeditions and years for the excavation to be completed in 2023. The discovery itself wouldn’t be revealed until recently in 2025, when the group who carried the excavations, released the scientific papers revealing the fossil to be an entirely new species of Megaraptor. “Megaraptor” which is still a mysterious and incomplete group of species, is a genus of a large therapod that lived during the late Cretaceous period that lived in what is now is Argentina and in other parts in South America. Megaraptors are known to have distinct large hand claws and are noted to have strongly built forelimbs.
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New Argentinian dinosaur discovered with a last meal
Randy Duong, Staff
October 20, 2025
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Randy Duong, Staff/writer
A current Junior at South and I like collecting things.