Nyasasaurus - Wikipedia
The 2013 study suggests that Nyasasaurus may be the earliest known dinosaur, dating to the late Anisian stage, about 243 million years ago, [12] 10 to 15 million years older than any previously described dinosaur, such as Herrerasaurus.
Scientists Discover Oldest Known Dinosaur | Smithsonian
Dec 5, 2012 · Named Nyasasaurus parringtoni, the roughly 243-million-year-old fossils represent either the oldest known dinosaur or the closest known relative to the earliest dinosaurs.
10 Oldest Dinosaurs Ever Discovered in the World
Nyasasaurus parringtoni is currently the oldest known dinosaur in the world. An upper arm bone and some back bones from Nyasasaurus were first uncovered in Tanzania in the 1930s, but the fossils were not studied closely until recently.
Contender for world’s oldest dinosaur identified - Science News
Dec 5, 2012 · The earliest confirmed dinosaur fossils are from Argentina, and Nyasasaurus lends further support to the notion that dinosaurs arose in the southern part of the supercontinent Pangaea.
Giant tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered | CBC News
4 days ago · A fossil of the world's oldest tadpole, which coexisted with dinosaurs in the Middle Jurassic about 165 million years ago, is pictured next to a 3D-printed representation of the tadpole and of a ...
'Oldest EVER' dinosaur fossil found in Brazil - BBC
Aug 8, 2024 · A 233-million-year-old dinosaur fossil has been discovered in Brazil. And all because of torrential rain! The torrential rain eroded parts of a known fossil site, and revealed the dinosaur...
Earliest known dino relative found | Nature
Dec 5, 2012 · At 243 million years old, Nyasasaurus parringtoni may be the oldest known dinosaur. Sterling Nesbitt, a palaeontologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, and his colleagues describe...
Oldest Dinosaur Found? - National Geographic
Dec 5, 2012 · The fossils push back the dawn of the dinosaurs to around 240 million years ago—about 10 to 15 million years earlier than previously thought, scientists say.
Discovery of one of the oldest-ever fossils sheds new light on rise …
Oct 15, 2024 · Unearthed in a rock layer dating back to the Triassic period, between 252 million and 201 million years ago, the Gondwanax paraisensis fossil comes from the time when dinosaurs as well as...
Fabulous 230-million-year-old fossil is Africa's oldest ...
Aug 31, 2022 · The newfound fossil, unveiled today in the journal Nature, is the oldest definitive dinosaur discovered in Africa, dated to some 230 million years ago, during the Triassic period.