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Paleontologist gets equal pleasure explaining his work

Kenneth Lacovara has spent the last decade on a paleontologist's dream project: unearthing and analyzing the skeleton of a 65-ton dinosaur from Argentina.

Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University, stands by the tail section of Dreadnoughtus schrani as he talks about the chevrons that attach to the large tail muscles.  Dreadnoughtus, which means "fears nothing", was discovered in Argentina by Lacovara.  He is shown in the labs at Drexel IN 2012 before the skeleton was sent back to Argentina.  ( CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University, stands by the tail section of Dreadnoughtus schrani as he talks about the chevrons that attach to the large tail muscles. Dreadnoughtus, which means "fears nothing", was discovered in Argentina by Lacovara. He is shown in the labs at Drexel IN 2012 before the skeleton was sent back to Argentina. ( CHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer )Read more