LAKE BARREALES, Argentina — I ka hele ana o Jorge Calvo ma na kapa lepo lepo o keia loko Patagonia, nana aku la oia i ka lepo ulaula, e kuhikuhi ana i na koena o ka dinosaur ma ka la waoakua.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia, lele ʻo ia i lalo i loko o kahi lua ʻewalu kapuaʻi a hoʻolele iā Marcela Milani, he loea e hana ana me kahi kui mānoanoa a me ka hāmare. E ʻoki ana ʻo ia i ka pōhaku e ʻimi ana i ka iwi ʻūhā nalowale i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia he ʻāpana o ka ʻike kaulana loa a Mr. Calvo, ʻo Futalognkosaurus, he ʻano hou o ka dinosaur ʻai mea kanu ma mua o 100 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi mai ka huelo a i ka ihu. ʻO ia kekahi o nā dinosaur nui loa ʻekolu i loaʻa.
"Ua ola kēlā mea ma kahi o 90 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei," wahi a Mr. Calvo, he kanaka kālaihonua Argentine a me ka paleontologist. “Ua piha mākou i nā dinosaur ma ʻaneʻi. Inā hele ʻoe, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mea.
ʻO Mr. Calvo, 46, aia kāna keʻena ma ʻaneʻi, ma ka ʻeli ʻana i nā mōʻalihaku mai kēia hale kupapaʻu dinosaur nui. ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻimi nei i ke ala hoʻonaʻauao kuʻuna o nā paleontologists, e hōʻiliʻili i ke kula no nā hale moʻomeheu mamao. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i nā iwi Futalognkosaurus i ka makahiki 2000, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi hale kūʻai ma ʻaneʻi i ʻelua makahiki ma hope o kēia loko wai hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e nā ʻano pōhaku ʻulaʻula hohonu e like me nā mea ma Sedona, Ariz.
ʻO Mr. Calvo's Dino Project, ma kahi o 55 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Neuquén, aia kahi lima o nā kaʻa kaʻa me nā lumi ʻauʻau lawe lima a me kahi hale hōʻikeʻike maʻalahi me ka ʻole o ka ea a i ʻole ka papahele kahi e hōʻike ai i kāna lako e ulu ana i nā mōʻalihaku. Loaʻa ka hana ma nā haʻawina mai nā hui ikehu kūloko, e ʻeli ana no ke kinoea maoli ma ia wahi.
ʻO Mr. Calvo, akā naʻe, ua hiki iā ia ke huki i nā mākaʻikaʻi he 10,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me nā poʻe ʻoihana koʻikoʻi i hele mai no ka "therapy" e ʻimi i nā mōʻalihaku. Noho ʻo ia i ʻehā lā o ka pule ma Barreales, i kekahi manawa e ʻimi ana i nā hōkū i ka pō me kāna keiki ʻo Santiago, 11. I ke kauwela ma aneʻi, Dekemaba a Malaki, hana pinepine ʻo Mr. Calvo me nā paleontologists kipa mai Brazil a me Italia. Ke aʻo mau nei ʻo ia i ke kālaihonua a me ka ʻenekinia ma National University of Comahue ma Neuquén, kahi i loaʻa ai ka dinosaur like me ka manu ma ka pā kula i kapa ʻia ma hope ona.
ʻO kāna ala e pili ana i ka paleontology he mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rodolfo Coria, he paleontologist ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Carmen Funes kokoke i Neuquén, ʻo nā mōʻalihaku a Mr. "ʻAʻole wau ʻae i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau mōʻalihaku i kahi papahana mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Mr. Coria.
ʻO ka ʻāina ʻo Patagonian o Argentina, kahi i hana ai ʻo Mr. Calvo no nā makahiki he 20, ua lilo ia i wahi ʻoi loa o ka ʻimi ʻana no nā mōʻalihaku dinosaur ma ka honua, me ka Desert Gobi ma Kina a me ka ʻAmelika Komohana i waiwai nui. Ua huki ʻia ka poʻe Paleontologists mai nā wahi a puni e hana ma Patagonia. Ua ʻimi nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻAmelika i ka dinosaur ʻai meaʻai nui loa, ʻo ka Argentinosaurus, a me ka carnivore nui loa, ʻo Giganotosaurus carolinii, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 42 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a ma kahi o ʻekolu tona kaumaha ma mua o ka Tyrannosaurus Rex kaulana i loaʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"Loaʻa iā ʻArgentina ka moʻolelo waiwai a lōʻihi loa no nā dinosaurs ma ka Hema Hema a pau, kahi moʻolelo mai ka mua a hiki i nā dinosaurs hope loa," wahi a James I. Kirkland, ka mea paleontologist mokuʻāina me ka Utah Geological Survey. ʻO kēlā moʻolelo, he 150 miliona mau makahiki, he ʻokoʻa nō hoʻi ia mai ko ka ʻĀpana ʻĀkau, wahi āna, no ka mea, i ka wā Jurassic a me ka hapa nui o ka Cretaceous ua haki nā ʻāina, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ka ʻĀkau a me ka Hema. Ua ulu nā ʻano dinosaur like ʻole i kēlā me kēia wahi. Akā ma kahi o 70 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, he 5 miliona mau makahiki ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā dinosaur, ua hana ʻia kahi alahaka ʻāina e hiki ai i kekahi mau dinosaur mai kēlā me kēia hemisphere ke hele ma luna.
ʻO nā mōʻalihaku o nā dinosaur mai ka wā Cretaceous (145 a 65 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei) ua laha loa a puni Neuquén. "Ke kapa nei mākou iā Cretaceous Park," wahi a Mr. Calvo no ka hale kupapaʻu dinosaur, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Lake Barreales.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā mōʻalihaku dinosaur mua o ka ʻāina ma kahi kokoke i Neuquén i ka makahiki 1882. No nā makahiki he mau makahiki ma Buenos Aires a me La Plata, kokoke i ke kapikala, me he mea lā e ʻohi i nā mōʻalihaku āpau o ka ʻāina. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale hōʻikeʻike kūloko a puni ʻo Neuquén i nā makahiki he ʻelua i hala ua kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā mōʻalihaku ma ka home a ua hana i kahi ʻano dino-tourism.
ʻO kekahi poʻe i lawe i ka mea hou i ʻike ʻia i ka regionalism. Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Ruben Carolini, ke poʻo o ka hale hōʻikeʻike dinosaur ma El Chocón, kokoke i Neuquén, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia iā ia iho i ka iwi mōʻalihaku o ka Giganotosaurus i ka makahiki 2006 e koi ai i nā mōʻalihaku a me nā kope i hoʻouna ʻia i Buenos Aires a me nā ʻāina ʻē e hoʻihoʻi ʻia i kāna kula. Ma hope o kekahi mau hola, wehe ʻo ia iā ia iho ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o ka iwi poʻo o ka mea ʻai ʻiʻo, i hele i Buenos Aires, i El Chocón.
Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i alakaʻi hale hōʻikeʻike, ʻo Mr. Carolini he mīkini kaʻa a me ka mea hoʻokipa dinosaur-hunting nāna i hoʻokele i kahi kaʻa dune a hoʻokomo i kahi pāpale Indiana Jones. Ua kaulana ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1993 no kona ʻike ʻana i kahi iwi wāwae o ka Giganotosaurus, e hoʻopio ana i ia wahi a huki i nā manaʻo honua.
Ma kāna ʻaoʻao, ua moeʻuhane ʻo Mr. Calvo e hoʻohuli i kona wahi kaʻawale i wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui aʻe. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kumu hoʻohālike o kahi hale hōʻikeʻike paleontology he $2 miliona e loaʻa ana kahi tunnel e puhi ʻia ma ka mauna pōhaku ʻulaʻula e alakaʻi ana i kahi ʻāpana i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka mōʻaukala o nā ʻōiwi Mapuche Indians.
"Hiki iaʻu ke ʻimi i nā iwi dinosaur no koʻu ola a pau a ʻelua mau manawa hou aʻe a ʻaʻole naʻe i hana ʻia," wahi āna. "ʻO kahi mea a mākou ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ka manawa."
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