Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPaleontologists in Portugal have found what they call the first Triassic dinosaur remains from the Iberian Peninsula, near Penina in the Algarve.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is one vertebra, thirty-seven millimetres long, about an inch and a half.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA landmark find, a major step forward for Portuguese dinosaurs, who were previously known only for being absent.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe researchers say the bone has no features unique to it and is too fragmentary to name a species.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's a dinosaur in the making.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a bone that fits in a pocket, and it's now the oldest dinosaur in Iberia, officially.