AP in Johannesburg Bones of aardonyx celestae, a newly discovered fossil skeleton, in Johannesburg. Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200m years ago may help to explain how the …
Read Original Story: Dinosaur discovery may help to explain why creatures grew so big – guardian.co.uk
According to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a new species of dinosaur – the 7-meter-long Aardonyx celestae – has been found in SouthAfrica. It is believed that the dinosaur lived around 200 to 183 million …
Read Original Story: Aardonyx celestae – the new species of dinosaur found in South Africa – TopNews United States
JOHANNESBURG — Scientists at the University of Witwatersrand yesterday announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur. “It’s one of the big jewels SouthAfrica has,” Dr Adam Yates of the Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research told …
Read Original Story: New dinosaur species discovered in SA – The Witness
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — What’s being called a possible missing link on the dinosaur family tree has been introduced in SouthAfrica. Paleontologist Adam Yates told reporters in Johannesburg the dinosaur from 200 million years ago was a 23-foot-long, …
Read Original Story: New species may provide missing link in dinosaur evolution – KGAN
Think of a dinosaur and what may come to mind is a large, lumbering animal with four legs, a long neck, a tiny head and tail. Now a new species helps to explain how this iconic dino body shape evolved. The new dinosaur, Aardonyx celestae, …
Read Original Story: New species helps explain dinos' iconic look – msnbc.com
BEFORE the dig started, it looked like any other patch of dinosaur dirt: grey soil, a few brownish fossilised bones exposed by erosion. Paleontologist Adam Yates thought his diggers would find a few bones from the massospondylus – SouthAfrica’s most …
Read Original Story: Missing link African dinosaur discovery excites scientists – The Age
The discovery of the Aardonyx celestae marks a breakthrough in understanding how creatures began walking on all fours – and how they grew so big, scientists claimed yesterday. Researchers believe the near-perfect skeleton bridges the …
Read Original Story: New dinosaur discovered in South Africa… and it may show how they grew so big – Mail on Sunday
An Australian palaeontologist has unearthed the fossilised remains of a new species of dinosaur, which has prompted a rethink of dinosaur evolution. The discovery was made in SouthAfrica and scientists …
Read Original Story: Dinosaur discovery the missing link – ABC Online
JOHANNESBURG — A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed Earth 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in SouthAfrica said. The Aardonyx celestae was a 23-foot-long, …
Read Original Story: Dinosaur find may hold missing link to big reptiles' evolution – Fort Worth Star Telegram
A new dinosaur discovered in SouthAfrica – - named Aardonyx, meaning "earth claw" – - is shedding light on the origins of the biggest dinosaurs ever, the sauropods, said Matthew Bonnan, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Western Illinois …
Read Original Story: Transitional Sauropodomorph from Early Jurassic of South Africa Found – innovations report
