Study Suggests Earliest Dinosaurs Likely Originated in Ancient Equatorial Gondwana

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Dinosaurs Originated in the Amazon, New Study Suggests

The dinosaur fossil beds were discovered in 1909. Credit: Matthew Dillon / CC BY 2.0 Dinosaurs may have originated in the warm, tropical regions of Gondwana, the ancient supercontinent that now includes parts of the Amazon, and various other areas in the Southern Hemisphere. The study published in Current Biology by researchers from University College London (UCL) suggests that some of the earliest dinosaur fossils may still lie undiscovered. Th…

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Secrets of 1st dinosaurs lie in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest, study suggests

The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as researchers previously assumed due to an abundance of fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe.

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Where did the first dinosaurs evolve? Scientists have an answer

Dinosaurs likely originated in a locale that spans the modern-day Sahara desert and Amazon rainforest regions, study suggests.

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The remains of the early dinosaurs could be undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, according to researchers at University College London (UCL).

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The Oldest Dinosaurs May Be Lying Undiscovered In The Amazon Rainforest

If they had wanted to hide their birthplace, only Antarctica might have done the job better.

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Where did dinosaurs first evolve? Scientists are proposing a surprising location

Expert says research suggests that ‘they likely originated in the low-latitude regions of Gondwana near the equator, an area that today includes northern South America and northern Africa’