Although the exact function of this dorsal sail has been debated

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even though there is no direct fossil evidence of a specific predatory event between the two taxa

These studies suggest a more active metabolism than traditionally attributed to modern reptiles

The genus name is derived from Greek

Jakapil kaniukura Variante:Sin imprimar Although the exact function ofJakapil kaniukura was a small thyreophoran dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, known from remains recovered from the upper levels of the Candeleros Formation in Ro Negro Province, Argentina. Formally described in 2022 by Riguetti, Apestegua, and Pereda Suberbiola, this taxon represents one of the most singular discoveries of recent years in the study of armoured dinosaurs, as it documents the survival in South America of a lineage of basal