New Tanzanian Dicynodont Rewrites the Timeline for Early Dinosaurs
TL;DR
Paleontologists describe a new Tanzanian dicynodont, Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda, extending the genus outside South America and linking Lifua Member rocks to a younger late Ladinian–Carnian age (≈242–227 Ma), which reshapes timelines for early dinosaurs and related fossils like Nyasasaurus.
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