Nature September 2022 PMID 36045297

Africa's oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution.

Christopher T Griffin, Brenen M Wynd, Darlington Munyikwa, Tim J Broderick, Michel Zondo, Stephen Tolan, Max C Langer, Sterling J Nesbitt, Hazel R Taruvinga

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Africa's oldest dinosaurs, discovered in Zimbabwe, reveal that early dinosaur distribution was limited by climate belts rather than continental boundaries during the Late Triassic period.
The new fossil find, including a nearly complete skeleton of Mbiresaurus raathi, supports the idea that early dinosaurs were already widespread across high-latitude regions of Pangaea, similar to assemblages in South America and India.
The study suggests that climatic barriers controlled the initial spread of dinosaurs, and their dispersal across the supercontinent was delayed until these barriers weakened, shaping the early diversity of terrestrial ecosystems.

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