A discovery in Morocco has the oldest cerapodan dinosaurs presented in the world -from 174 million years.
The fossils, excavated in the rocky countries From El Mers III, near Boulemane, could change everything we know about these humble vegetable creatures. Previously, the only known fossil from this time was a lonely thigh bone in the United Kingdom.
Experts of the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University in Fez and the British Natural History Museum published and published the find on March 12.
Although the fossil is not yet complete, the researchers say that it proves that Morocco has some of the earliest dinosaur ports of the herbivores at home that have ever been recorded. It is even more exciting that the same website also contains some of the oldest Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus in the world.
In their early days, Cerapodans went on two legs and used their front limbs to eat food. But over time, some set out, fell on all four and developed powerful purchase skills, which made them the top plant frires of their time.
Scientists say that these creatures have divided into two groups (to which dinosaurs also include) and Marginocephalians (who had unusual headgear). The Moroccan fossils are among the ornithopods.
This discovery is a player in the history of the dinosaurs, which indicates that the Central Jura was an important moment for these giants to adopt the prehistoric world.
