Working with fossils found in Tanzania, scientists have
discovered what may be the oldest known dinosaur. “If the newly
named Nyasasaurus parringtoni is not the earliest dinosaur, then
it is the closest relative found so far,” according to Sterling
Nesbitt, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher in
biology. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top
universities. Photo credit: ©Natural History Museum, London/Mark
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