New dinosaur 'could be a missing evolutionary link'

A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, said scientists in South Africa.

A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, said scientists in South Africa.

The Aardonyx celestae was a 23-foot-long small-headed herbivore with a huge barrel of a chest.

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