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Fernando Novas

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Fernando Novas is an Argentine paleontologist working at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires. He specializes in the study of Cretaceous-era theropod dinosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly their evolutionary link to modern birds. Novas is well-known for co-discovering and describing several important dinosaur species, including the sickle-clawed Buitreraptor in 2005 and the giant Austroraptor.

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Which dinosaurs did Fernando Novas help discover?

Novas has described or co-described South American dinosaurs including Buitreraptor, Megaraptor, Austroraptor, and Patagonykus. Buitreraptor was announced in 2005 from fossils found in Patagonia's La Buitrera locality.

Why was Buitreraptor an important discovery?

Buitreraptor is a small, long-snouted unenlagiine dromaeosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina. Its anatomy strengthened evidence that the broader raptor lineage had a substantial Gondwanan history.

Where does Fernando Novas conduct his research?

He is associated with Argentina's Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires and the national research council CONICET. Much of his fieldwork and publication record concerns dinosaurs and other fossil vertebrates from Patagonia.

Is Megaraptor actually a giant dromaeosaur like Velociraptor?

No, later discoveries showed that Megaraptor's enormous curved claw belonged to the hand, not the foot. Its exact placement has been debated, but it is generally treated as a specialized theropod outside the true dromaeosaur group.

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