US EditionNewfound terrestrial crocodile fossil redraws the map of Europe in the age of the dinosaurs
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Newfound terrestrial crocodile fossil redraws the map of Europe in the age of the dinosaurs
A research team led by Dr. Márton Rabi from the Biogeology Department of the University of Tübingen, together with Máté Szegszárdi and Professor Attila Ősi from the Hungarian Eötvös Loránd University, is challenging the hypothesis that Europe remained connected to Africa during the age of the dinosaurs.
How long was Europe connected to Gondwana? A new fossil find from Hungary indicates that both continents were already separated early.
Fossils of an extinct crocodile discovered in present-day Europe, closely resembling concurrently occurring species from Africa and South America, were previously considered evidence of a land bridge between Europe and Africa that existed during the time of the dinosaurs. A close relationship between crocodiles would suggest a shared evolution and a late separation of Europe from the southern continents. Now, a research team led by Dr. Márton Ra…
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