The bizarre predecessors of dinosaurs that survived Earth’s largest extinction 252million years ago

Posted in   Uncategorized   on  May 11, 2015 by  Dinoman ,  0

Newly discovered fossils have given fresh insights into how the predecessors of dinosaurs developed 10million years after most of life was wiped out in Earth’s largest ever extinction.

Seven expeditions to Tanzania, Zambia and Antarctica have uncovered some of the earliest fossils of pre-dinosaur creatures ever found.

They shed new light on how herbivore species – that eventually gave rise to dinosaurs – were able to compete after ancient species were decimated in a mass extinction 252million years ago.  Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gerald Davie is the Dinoman. He is a professional geologist with a passion for palaeontology and earth history.  When he isn't consulting, he spends his time travelling locally and abroad, and there is always a geological component to his trips.  He is the owner of the only Tyrannosaurus skeleton in the Southern Hemisphere, to be seen at the DinoZone Museum and Geo Centre.

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