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New dinosaur species - silesaur

January 5 , 2024 118 days 313 0
  • A new genus and species of silesaur being named Amanasaurus nesbitti has been discovered in Brazil.
  • Amanasaurus nesbitti lived in what is now Brazil during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic epoch, some 233 million years ago.
  • The ancient creature was a member of Silesauridae, an extinct family of Triassic dinosauriform reptiles.
  • They are most commonly considered to be a group of non-dinosaur dinosauriforms, and the sister group of dinosaurs.

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