This is what the earliest ancestor of birds and dinosaurs looked like
Before there were dinosaurs, there was this creature: the 10-foot, long-necked Telocrater.
For a study published today in the journal Nature, a team of researchers analyzed the remains of Teleocrater rhadinus, a common ancestor of birds and dinosaurs. It walks on four legs, has a very long neck and tail, and can be seven to 10 feet long. This new analysis fills in some gaps in the fossil record and can provide more clues about the origins of dinosaur evolution.
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