How do recently discovered dinosaur arm bones in Australia show that the ancient supercontinent Gondwana existed?
Dinosaurs ‘roamed freely’ across Gondwana Wednesday, 11 June 2008 Anna Salleh ABC Slideshow: Photo 1 of 2 Scientists believe an Australian dinosaur is related to this meat-eating Megaraptor from Argentina (Source: Luis Rey) Related Stories Chubby dinosaurs survived chilly Gondwana, Science Online, 23 May 2008 Dino casts new light on Gondwana split New Gondwana dinosaur named after rock guitarist Fossilised remains of a dinosaur with a big elbow could rewrite our understanding of how Australian dinosaurs evolved. Palaeontologist Dr Steve Salisbury from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, and colleagues, say a forearm bone from a meat-eating dinosaur first found in 1989 is likely to be related to a Megaraptor from Argentina. This is the first evidence linking Australian dinosaurs to those in other Gondwanan continents, rather than from the northern hemisphere, say the researchers in today’s issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. “We really need to take a closer look at wh
