Gigas
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| Stock price | GIGA |
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| Headquarters | Spain |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Subsidiaries | SVT Proveedor de Servicios Internet S. L |
| AHP - Informatica e Servicos, S. A. | |
| Ability Data Services SA | |
| Types of site | Web service |
| Cloud computing | |
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| ID | 2439534 |
About Gigas
Gigas is an international cloud computing services company based in Madrid, Spain. The company began as a start-up in 2011. The company has data centers in Madrid and Miami, and offices in Spain, US, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.
Dinosaur finding hints at why T-rex had small arms
A team of scientists in Argentina say they have discovered a new giant predatory dinosaur that had a huge Head - But tiny arms for its size.
The Scientists say extensive Skeletal Remains of a previously unknown Species were dug up in northern Patagonia.
Meraxes Gigas was about 36ft (11m) long, with a 4ft Skull - But its arms were only 2ft long.
The Scientists believe small limbs gave the carnivorous survival advantages.
" I'm convinced that those proportionally tiny arms had some sort of function. The skeleton shows large muscle insertions and fully developed pectoral girdles, so The Arm had strong muscles, " said Juan Canale, lead author of the study.
" They may have used the arms for reproductive behaviour such as holding The Female during mating or support themselves to stand back up after a break or a fall, " he added.
His co-author Peter Makovicky said the dinosaur's arms were " literally half the length of The Skull and The Animal would not have been able to reach its mouth".
Mr Makovicky said he believed the Species ' massive heads were the main predatory tool, taking on the functions that arms would have had in smaller Species .
Meraxes Gigas - named after a fictional dragon from The Game of Thrones book Series - belonged to carcharodontosaurids, or shark-toothed lizards.
The four-tonne reptiles are believed to have roamed The Earth some 90-100 million years ago.
The Scientists say two other Species - tyrannosaurids and abelisaurids - also developed Small Arms for similar Reasons .
Source of news: bbc.com
