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Paleontologists Unveil New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur(www.sci.news)

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Zachariah@lemmy.world
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I thought all dinosaur species were very old.

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Zagorath@aussie.zone
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all dinosaur species were very old

On a human-scale timeframe? Yeah, sure. On evolutionary timescales? According to a PDF by ā€œCharles Sibleyā€ whose content I can only see a small Google snippet of, ā€œGalliformes and Craciformes diverged at a 21.6.ā€ (I assume thatā€™s MYA) And certainly a lot more diversification has happened since then. Gallus domesticus is probably less than 8,000 years old.

Though a new sauropod would certainly be quite the marvel.

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