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First duckbill dinosaur fossil discovered in Africa – AlKhaleej Today
First duckbill dinosaur fossil discovered in Africa
Duck-bill dinosaurs evolved in North America and spread to South America, Asia, Europe, and eventually Africa. Photo credit: Raul Martin
The first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur were discovered in Africa, suggesting that dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open water to get there.
The study, published in chalk Research, reports the new dinosaur, Ajnabia odysseus, from rocks in Morocco to the end of the Cretaceous 66 million years ago. Ajnabia was a member of the duck-billed dinosaurs,…
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