Remains of the earliest known sauropod, a relative of the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth, have been unearthed in South Africa.
The new species has been named Antetonitrus ingenipes . Antetonitrus means "before the thunder", marking the species? evolution into the brontosaurus or "thunder lizard" some 65 million years later. It weighed about 2 tonnes. But at 10 to 12 metres long, with a hip height of 2.2 metres, it was dwarfed by its later relatives. Brontosaurus 'missing link' unearthed [New Scientist]
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