The remains of two gigantic dinosaurs discovered in Australia may shed light on how dinosaurs spread across the globe.
The dinosaurs are both titanosaurs, massive plant-eaters with long necks and thick limbs. The first, a new species known as Savannasaurus elliottorum, was about half the length of a basketball court and lived about 95 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. Paleontologists also found the skull of a Diamantinasaurus matildae, which grew longer than a city bus and was first identified in 2009 based on fossils in the same region as these latest finds....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/20/498697427/dinosaurs-down-under-may-help-explain-prehistoric-migrations?ft=nprml&f=1001
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