Archosaur fossils found in Tanzania are forcing scientists to rethink the evolution of dinosaurs. By Amina Khan Staff Writer .

Evolution involves interplay between natural selection and developmental constraints 1,2,3.This is seen, for example, when digits are lost from the limbs during evolution 1,3,4.Extant archosaurs ...

With bony plates on its backbone, this archosaur fossil reveals that armor was a boomerang trait in the story of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution: the group's ancestors were armored, but this ...

With bony plates on its backbone, this archosaur fossil reveals that armor was a boomerang trait in the story of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution: the group’s ancestors were armored, but this ...

Convergent evolution is “common among vertebrates,” Nabavizadeh said. “First of all,” he said in a phone interview, “I trust the authors. I’ve known their work for a while now.

Scientists have identified one of the earliest known dinosaur relatives — and it doesn’t look anything like they expected. Researchers had thought that the oldest dinosaur cousins would look ...

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Archosaurs are reptiles that are divided into two major branches: the bird-line, which includes pterosaurs and dinosaurs, including living dinosaurs (birds); and the crocodilian line, including ...

Scientists have identified one of the earliest known dinosaur relatives — and it doesn’t look anything like they expected.Researchers had thought that the oldest dinosaur cousins would … ...

Scientists have identified one of the earliest known dinosaur relatives — and it doesn’t look anything like they expected.

Scientists have identified one of the earliest known dinosaur relatives — and it doesn’t look anything like they expected.Researchers had thought that the oldest dinosaur cousins would look ...