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Triassic creatures escaping from an erupting volcano 235 million years ago in northwestern Argentina. These species, found as fossils in the Chañares Formation, include early mammal relatives - (the dicynodont Dinodontosaurus in the left background, and the cynodont Massetognathus in the left foreground) and early dinosaur relatives (Lewisuchus in the right background, and Lagerpeton in the right foreground). Image credit: Victor Leshyk.

Paleontologists: Origin of Dinosaurs Was Relatively Rapid Evolutionary Event

Dec 8, 2015 by News Staff

A multinational group of paleontologists has determined that the time elapsed between the emergence of early dinosauromorphs (dinosaur relatives) and the...