New Fossil Find Points to South American Origin of Dinosaurs
posted on January 7th, 2010 in Recent Discoveries, South American Dinosaurs
Tawa hallae, a meat-eating Theropod dinosaur discovered in New Mexico
New Meat-Eating Dinosaur Alters Evolutionary Tree
December 10, 2009
Esciencenews.com
Paleontologists, aided by amateur volunteers, have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur from a fossil bone bed in northern New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and hinting at how dinosaurs spread across the supercontinent Pangaea.