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 * ... that Francisco Javier Muñiz was considered the first important naturalist from Argentina?


 * ... that the archaeological site of Chan-Chan gives its name to the Chanchaense Complex, a archaeological culture extending across Chile from 37° to 55° South?


 * ...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?


 * ... that although the first Callawayasaurus fossil was discovered in 1962, it was not until 1999 that they were recognized as a separate genus?


 * ... that the recently described genus Koilamasuchus from the Early Triassic of Argentina is the best-known early archosauriform in South America?