lambeosaurinae – Matty (Headwind)

November 6, 2020

The first duckbill dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Africa and the role of oceanic dispersal in dinosaur biogeography

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Abstract

The Late Cretaceous saw distinctly endemic dinosaur faunas evolve in the northern and southern hemispheres. The Laurasian continents of North America and Asia were dominated by hadrosaurid and ceratopsian ornithischians, with tyrannosaurs as apex predators.

November 6, 2020

New fossil discovery suggests dinosaurs traveled across oceans

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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Updated 9:07 AM ET, Thu November 5, 2020
Original article

Fossils of a duckbill dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, leading experts to believe the species once traveled hundreds of kilometers across oceans to reach the continent.