Yet another missing link uncovered
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:53 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8353114.stmMissing link dinosaur discovered
Researchers have discovered a fossil skeleton that appears to link the earliest dinosaurs with the large plant-eating sauropods. The dinosaur would have occasionally walked on all four legs.
This could help to bridge an evolutionary gap between the two-legged common ancestors of dinosaurs and the four-legged giants, such as diplodocus.
The remarkably complete skeleton shows that the creature was bipedal but occasionally walked on all four legs.
"What we have is a big, short-footed, barrel-chested, long-necked, small-headed dinosaur," explained Adam Yates, [...]
