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There was no Asia, Europe, Africa, or North America 200 million years ago. The first dinosaurs known to mankind lived on Pangaea, the only supercontinent that ever existed. The genesis and distribution of early dinosaurs across Pangaea were influenced by several temperature zones, according to a Yale University study that was recently published. The study's authors looked at a group of dinosaur fossils found in Zimbabwe. They think the fossils are 230 million years old and come from the earliest known African, South American, and Asian Triassic dinosaur species. The fossils provide crucial information regarding the dispersal of dinosaurs, followed by subsequent amphibians, mammals, and reptiles across Pangaea. What impact did climatic belts have on where dinosaurs were found on Pang...

The skeletal remains of a tiny, armored dinosaur have been found by scientists. According to a story by The Guardian, paleontologists have discovered a little-known species of armored dinosaurs in southern Argentina. The Cretaceous-era dinosaur Jakapil Kaniukura would have been well-defended because of rows of bone disc-shaped armor along its neck, back, and tail. Geologically speaking, the Cretaceous Period lasted 145 million years and ended 66 million years ago. According to lead paleontologist Sebastián Apestegua, "Jakapil heralded a first-of-its-kind finding of an armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous in South America." It was around 5 feet (1.5 meters) long, similar in size to a domestic cat, and weighed only 9 to 15 pounds (4-7kg). About 100 million years ago, the dino...

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Fossils from Zimbabwe dating back 230 million years explain the dinosaurs’ hidden origins in Pangaea.

discovered a dinosaur with armor for the first time that is only slightly larger than a house cat.