A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs to a group previously known only from South America, linking fossil deposits on the two continents.
That connection suggests Tanzania’s supposed oldest dinosaur fossils may actually be millions of years younger than previously thought…
Source: ScienceDaily | Evolutionary Biology
ScienceDaily | Evolutionary Biology
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