Further to Gerado64's recent post about the discovery of Carolinii Gigantosaur in Argentina's Patagonia region, more news from the busily prolific palaeontologists working outside the city of Neuqu�n, this time a little further north on Lake Barreales (where visitors are apparently welcome to pitch in at the dig site).
A new species of the genus Araripesuchus dubbed "Godzilla" -- a sea creature that appears to be "part crocodile, part T Rex and 100-per-cent terrifying", was discovered here, according to news reports in November 2005. The 13-foot-long Dakosaurus andiniensis had an 18-inch-long jaw with interlocking four-inch teeth. It's a long-lost relative of the crocodile, yet it had fins. There were many types of crocodiles around 135 million years ago, when Dakosaurus roamed the sea, but none so big.
The area around Neuqu�n has proven to be rich in strange new fossils. It's where the Limay and Neuqu�n rivers meet to form the Negro River, and the cliffs on their banks have been thoroughly developed in recent decades to produce oil and hydroelectricity.

Below, with a map of the area, is an image of the fossilised skull of Dakosaurus alongside a digitised model.