Fossil reveals smallest sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Jurassic
A tiny relative of titanosaurs has been uncovered in South Africa.
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Discovery and naming of Africa's oldest known dinosaur
An international team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech has discovered and named a new, early dinosaur. The skeleton—incredibly, mostly intact—was first found by a graduate student in the Virginia Tech Department ...
Evolution
Aug 31, 2022
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Fossils of sauropodomorph ancestor show it walked upright, was quick and agile
A trio of researchers at the University of Bristol has found evidence of an early ancestor of the giant sauropodomorph dinosaurs that walked upright and was also likely quick and agile. In their paper published in the journal ...
CO2 dip may have helped dinosaurs walk from South America to Greenland
A new paper refines estimates of when herbivorous dinosaurs must have traversed North America on a northerly trek to reach Greenland, and points out an intriguing climatic phenomenon that may have helped them along the journey.
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2021
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New dinosaur discovery in Switzerland fills a gap in evolutionary history of sauropods
Dinosaurs were the dominant group of animals on Earth for over 150 million years. Long-necked, plant-eating sauropods such as Brontosaurus, Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus are probably among the most famous dinosaurs, in part ...
Archaeology
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New Sesotho-named dinosaur from South Africa
South African and Argentinian palaeontologists have discovered a new 200 million year old dinosaur from South Africa, and named it Sefapanosaurus, from the Sesotho word "sefapano".
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