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'Missing link' bolsters bold theory on dino evolution
Plant-eating Chilesaurus an offshoot of the group Ornithischia and not the killer theropod line
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Aug 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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AN ODDBALL, vegetarian dinosaur with the silhouette of a flesh-ripping velociraptor, whose fossilised remains were unearthed in southern Chile 13 years ago, is a missing link in dino evolution, researchers said on Wednesday.
A revised assessment of the kangaroo-sized Chilesaurus, reported in the journal Biology Letters, bolsters a theory unveiled earlier this year that threatens to upend a longstanding classification of all dinosaurs.
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