New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in Brazil

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New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in Brazil

by Enrico de Lazaro, Sci.News, July 14, 2020

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/aratasaurus-museunacionali-08633.html

 

Fossilised foot of a three-toed dinosaur that lived in Brazil 

115 million years ago is identified as belonging to a new 

species that may be a forerunner of today's birds. Daily Mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8517113/Fossilised-foot-three-toed-dinosaur-lived-Brazil-115-million-years-ago-found.html

 

 

The open access paper is:

 

Sayão, J.M., Saraiva, A.Á.F., Brum, A.S., Bantim, R.A.M., 

de Andrade, R.C.L.P., Cheng, X., de Lima, F.J., de Paula Silva,

H. and Kellner, A.W., 2020. The first theropod dinosaur 

(Coelurosauria, Theropoda) from the base of the Romualdo 

Formation (Albian), Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Scientific

 Reports, 10(1), pp.1-15.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67822-9

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.