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Reptile fossils tell us more about where dinosaurs came from

Reptile fossils tell us more about where dinosaurs came from

NEW YORK– Fossils of a four-legged, meat-eating reptile are helping paint a more complex photo of the ancestry of dinosaurs than scientists had actually understood. The creature was not a direct forefather, but was more like a cousin. It lived about 245 million years ago, approximately 10 million years prior to dinosaurs appeared. It’& rsquo; s the oldest recognized …

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In November 2010, ranch manager David Bradt was searching elk in northeast Montana when he discovered what first appeared to be a scared wood protruding of a rock. He eventually discovered that it was a vertebrae of fossilized bones. That fossil assisted researchers find a brand-new species of ancient marine reptile that swam in the inland sea flowi …

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