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In 1993, the amateur fossil hunter Rubén Darío Carolini discovered the tibia of a theropod dinosaur while driving a dune buggy in the badlands near Villa El Chocón, in the Neuquén province of Patagonia, Argentina.

Car mechanic?

The holotype skeleton is now housed in the Ernesto Bachmann Palaeontological Museum in Villa El Chocón, which was inaugurated in 1995 at the request of Carolini. The specimen is the main exhibition at the museum, and is placed on the sandy floor of a room devoted to the animal, along with tools used by palaeontologists during the excavation. A mounted reconstruction of the skeleton is exhibited in an adjacent room.

Carolini Ruben Darío was born in the town of Oncativo in Córdoba in 1944. He lived there until age of eleven, where he went to school until fifth grade and then abandoned for financial reasons.

His father taught him the trade of mechanic to which he dedicated for many years. At age 23, he came to Cipolletti, where in 1970 he married Graciela Belleggia, with whom he has two daughters.

Between 1969 and 1974 he worked as Head of Maintenance of large trucks in the dam "El Chocón", then he started working on Hidronor until 1993 that it was privatized.

Since 1988, Carolini discovers and begins to explore one of his passions: the search for fossils.

On July 25, 1993, Ruben discovers the fossilized remains of what it would become the world's largest dinosaur. Since then, paleontologists Leonardo Salgado, Jorge Calvo Rodolfo Coria, with Carolini form a rescue team, recovering nearly 70% of the dinosaur's bone structure, giving it greater value to the discovery.

The discovery of Carolini, maximized the development of the scientific activity of paleontology in the area. Discipline, linked to the museums, has contributed greatly to the development of tourism profile in the province both nationally and internationally

The tribute act included the projection of a video tribute, going from the life of Rubén Darío Carolini, and the presentation of a protocolar plaque in recognition of the contribution of his discoveries and his work for the heritage and environment of the people of Neuquén.