Dinosaurs' rise was 'more gradual,' new fossil evidence suggests

Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 12:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers have discovered two small dinosaurs together with a lagerpetid, a group of animals that are recognized as precursors of dinosaurs. The discovery made in Brazil and reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on November 10 represents the first time that a dinosaur and a dinosaur precursor have ever been found together.

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