The discovery of a skull of a carnivorous animal that lived about 10,000 years ago was found today in the construction of a house on Calle 60 between 125 and 127 in the spa city of Necochea, according to a municipal statement released today.
A team of paleontologists arrived from Mar del Plata, and the director of the Necochea Museum Area, Águeda Caro Petersen, are in the middle of the research and evaluation stage of the specimen.
The archaeologist Caro Petersen explained that “now the pre-excavation is being made for the evaluation of a skull that would be that of a “Saber Tooth Tiger”, so we understand that it is a very important discovery for the region and even for the world because they are of those carnivorous mammals that don’t appear often”.
“This specific case is something important that can become news all over the world”Caro Petersen-Archaeologist
“We have contacted the paleontologist Matías Taglioretti, who came from the Museum of Mar del Plata, to work together from the Museum Area, and from the municipality itself through its binding areas, and thus support this type of scientific work and excavations” large.
Petersen said “these are extraordinary things in science and findings that have to do with mega mammals that are already extinct, and although in the museum we have part of the collection of these mammals, in this specific case it is something more important that can reach be news all over the world.
Meanwhile Taglioretti, a reference from the Regional Paleontological Observatory, indicated that “they found a difficult figurine such as predatory forms, and in this case it is a Smilodon Populator that would be a South American saber tooth tiger” while clarifying that ” It is the largest feline that has existed in the history of planet earth.”
“We have contacted the paleontologist Matías Taglioretti, who came from the Museum of Mar del Plata, to work together from the Museum Area, and from the municipality itself through its binding areas, and thus support this type of scientific work and excavations” Caro Petersen-Archaeologist
“They are cats that have managed to grow to large sizes because the prey they fed on at that time, and we are talking about the time of the last Ice Age, were gigantic animals grouped together in what we know under the name megafauna,” stated the professional.
He also pointed out that “the most important part, which is the skull, was found, and next to it another distinctive part, which is the saber-tooth fang,” he revealed and advanced that before continuing in the search for each piece, if there are any, that “On the sides are appearing the articulated front legs and we managed to find a connection between what would be the skull and the rest of the body, so there is a high probability that this material is very complete, which makes the finding much more important. and private,” he concluded.
