130 million years ago the Sierra de la Demanda was inhabited by dinosaurs such as the rebaquisáurido, a 12-meter herbivore, or the armored reptile Polacanthus, endowed with enormous defensive spines. But what was the environment like the large reptiles lived in?
More than 400 species of dinosaurs are "portrayed" in the first family supertree of large reptiles, which summarizes their relationships and evolution at a glance.
"Feathered dinosaurs were the first gliders" Few people in the world know as much about the great prehistoric reptiles as Matt Lamanna, PhD in Paleontology from the University of Pennsylvania. Here he talks at length about one of his greatest passions: the feathered dinosaurs of China.
45-year-old and adventurous-looking, this University of Chicago professor is one of the world's leading "dinosaur hunters". After his findings in Argentina of the Herrerasaurus and the Eoraptor, he has set his sights on Africa, where he hopes to discover the fossil evidence that will help to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of those disappeared giants.
"Some dinosaurs are not extinct: they are birds" At 50, he has been married and divorced twice. Graduated in Geological Sciences, he did his doctorate at the National Museum of Natural Sciences. He was a professor and, since 1990, is a professor of Paleontology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Today he directs the excavations of the Las Hoyas (Cuenca), Bastús (Lleida) and El Montsec (Lleida) sites.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.