VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: ‘Mega-carnivore’ dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million years ago

  • Fabien Knoll

    Press/Media: Research

    Description

    An international team of scientists has discovered the first evidence that a huge carnivorous dinosaur roamed southern Africa 200 million year ago.

    http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/mega-carnivore-dinosaur-roamed-southern-africa-200-million-years-ago/

    Period25 Oct 2017 → 26 Oct 2017

    Media coverage

    5

    Media coverage

    • TitleJurassic Park was RIGHT – T Rex type dinosaur did EXIST in Jurassic period
      Media name/outletExpress
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date26/10/17
      DescriptionThe 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.
      URLwww.express.co.uk/news/science/871535/Jurassic-Park-world-T-Rex-dinosaur-steven-spielberg-hollywood
      PersonsFabien Knoll
    • TitleFossil Footprints Reveal Existence of Big Early Dinosaur Predator
      Media name/outletNew York Times
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date26/10/17
      DescriptionWASHINGTON — 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.
      URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/10/26/world/europe/26reuters-science-footprints.html
      PersonsFabien Knoll
    • TitleKayentapus ambrokholohali: 200-Million-Year-Old Mega-Carnivore Dinosaur Discovered in Southern Africa
      Media name/outletNewsweek
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/10/17
      DescriptionTwo 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.
      URLwww.newsweek.com/kayentapus-ambrokholohali-200-million-year-old-mega-carnivore-dinosaur-692703
      PersonsFabien Knoll
    • TitleMove 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/outletMail Online
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/10/17
      DescriptionA 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.
      URLwww.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5016995/Mega-carnivore-dinosaur-Africa-200-million-years-ago.html
      PersonsFabien Knoll
    • TitleScientists discover evidence of huge three-toed dinosaur - which roamed Africa 200 million years ago
      Media name/outletManchester Evening News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/10/17
      DescriptionA massive new three-toed dinosaur has been discovered by a team of experts including some from the University of Manchester .
      URLwww.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/scientists-discover-evidence-huge-three-13812262
      PersonsFabien Knoll

    Keywords

    • dinosaurs
    • fossils
    • palaeontology