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Media coverage
Title Jurassic Park was RIGHT – T Rex type dinosaur did EXIST in Jurassic period Media name/outlet Express Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 26/10/17 Description The Steven Spielberg Jurassic Park franchise has been mocked as it place the ferocious predator in the period – from 199.6 to 145.5 million years ago – when it had been believed to have not evolved until the Cretaceous period, which began 145 million years ago.
However, new research suggests that the films and books, written by Michael Crichton, were right all along, with the study finding the 10 foot tall beast roamed the Earth earlier than thought.URL www.express.co.uk/news/science/871535/Jurassic-Park-world-T-Rex-dinosaur-steven-spielberg-hollywood Persons Fabien Knoll Title Fossil Footprints Reveal Existence of Big Early Dinosaur Predator Media name/outlet New York Times Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 26/10/17 Description WASHINGTON — A trail of fossilized three-toed footprints that measure nearly two feet (57 cm) long shows that a huge meat-eating dinosaur stalked southern Africa 200 million years ago at a time when most carnivorous dinosaurs were modest-sized beasts. URL https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/10/26/world/europe/26reuters-science-footprints.html Persons Fabien Knoll Title Kayentapus ambrokholohali: 200-Million-Year-Old Mega-Carnivore Dinosaur Discovered in Southern Africa Media name/outlet Newsweek Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 25/10/17 Description Two hundred million years ago, in the early Jurassic, a giant carnivore roamed what is now southern Africa. It left tracks in the mud, which hardened and became the first proof that giant, T. rex–like predators lived in that era. URL www.newsweek.com/kayentapus-ambrokholohali-200-million-year-old-mega-carnivore-dinosaur-692703 Persons Fabien Knoll Title Move aside T-Rex! New species of 'mega-carnivore' dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago and was 'top of the food chain' Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 25/10/17 Description A dinosaur as big as a bus roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago, scientists have revealed thanks to the discovery of several huge three-toed footprints.
The new species, Kayentapus ambrokholohali, is a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex and was identified by its footprints, which are nearly two feet (23 inches) long.
Dinosaurs are recorded as only first appearing on Earth around 230 million years ago, so the new find shocked researchers as it shows they grew big very quickly.URL www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5016995/Mega-carnivore-dinosaur-Africa-200-million-years-ago.html Persons Fabien Knoll Title Scientists discover evidence of huge three-toed dinosaur - which roamed Africa 200 million years ago Media name/outlet Manchester Evening News Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 25/10/17 Description A massive new three-toed dinosaur has been discovered by a team of experts including some from the University of Manchester . URL www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/scientists-discover-evidence-huge-three-13812262 Persons Fabien Knoll
Keywords
- dinosaurs
- fossils
- palaeontology