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This Newly Discovered Prehistoric Species Could Help Reshape Timeline of Dinosaur Evolution

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Researchers have discovered a new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating back to nearly 240 million years, during the Triassic period.

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Paleontologists discovered a new species of wildlife in Tanzania, which helped to establish the age of the oldest dinosaurs of the Earth at 237 million years, reported at the British Bristol University, and scientists discovered a previously unknown species of dinodontosaurus in the study of fossils from Tanzania, which made it possible to equalize the age of the oldest African dinosaurs to their South American counterparts, 237 million years ol…

More than 60 years ago, during a British expedition in 1963 to what is now Tanzania, a large collection of synapsid fossils — vertebrates — was discovered.

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A new species of Dinodontosaurus found in Tanzania and dating back to 240 million years has been described by a team of researchers, after it was discovered more than 60 years ago, and could help redefine the timeline of early evolution of dinosaurs. Named...

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CTV News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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