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Preview of Magellanic’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Catamarca, Argentina Entry Title: “Day 74: October 27, 2007 San Juan to Catamarca” Entry: “Day 74: October 27, 2007 San Juan to Catamarca It was nice to sleep in until 8:30. Elena actually joined me for breakfast which we ate at a leisurely pace. When we finished, we packed our bag and then took a cab out to the Natural History Museum, located in the old railway station on España. We were given a tour by a Sanjuanina geology student. There is a nice, life-size latex mount of a Frenguelisauris skeleton from Ischigualasto but the Herrasauraus and Eoraptor mounts have apparently been moved to out to the new museum at Ischigualasto. Although I was sorry that Elena couldn’t see them. I agree that Ischigualasto is where they should be on display. Unfortunately, it is at least 5 hours from San Juan. Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus are the two oldest known dinosaurs found so far. They have an isotopic age of 228 million years. Frenguelisauris is only slightly younger. At least some Herrerasaurus bones are on display. Apparently seven new Theropod skeletons were discovered at Ischigualasto this year; some appear to be new genera. We also say large fossils of a cynodont, a carnivorous, mammal-like reptile that is in our direct ancestry and two dicynodonts, another branch of mammal-like reptiles that …
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