Scientists: New Dinosaur species found in SAfrica

Scientists: New Dinosaur species found in SAfrica

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JOHANNESBURG – A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.
The Aardonyx celestae was a 23-foot- (7-meter-) long small-headed herbivore with a huge barrel of a chest. It walked on its hind legs but also could drop to all fours, and scientists told reporters that could prove to be a missing evolutionary link.

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I did a search and couldn't find anything posted on this , my search button hasn't worked for some time now , so if this has already been posted I apologize .

I can't remember the last time that I have ever herd of a missing link for Dinosaurs ??

It always interesting to hear of newly discovered species , even if they have been dead for a long time now .

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Hell, when was the last time you heard of a major dinosaur discovery coming out of Africa? Those are few and far between, or at least not highly publicized.

Here is a link to a video report of the same story cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com...