New contender for
oldest dinosaur
Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest
known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap.A study in Biology
Letters describes Nyasasaurus parringtoni, a new species from 10-15 million
years before the previous earliest dinosaur specimens.It walked on two legs,
measured 2-3m in length with a large tail and weighed between 20 and 60kg.The
find suggests that many millions of years passed between dinosaurs' first
members and their dominance on land."It fills a gap between what we
previously knew to be the oldest dinosaurs and their other closest
relatives," report co-author Paul Barrett, of the Natural History Museum
in London, told BBC News."There was this big gap in the fossil record
where dinosaurs should've been present and this fossil neatly fills that
gap."
Read rest see illustration here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20594147
The question is..what other gaps may there be....gaps where crytids might fit perhaps?
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