The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as researchers previously assumed due to an abundance of fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe.

Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they may have actually arisen in tougher conditions near the equator

The earliest dinosaurs may have emerged in the Amazon and other regions of South America and Africa-and their remains might […] The post Scientists Say Dinosaurs Came From The Sahara And Amazon, Meaning There Are Fossils Out There Just Waiting To Be Discovered appeared first on Chip Chick.

Where did the first dinosaurs come from? A new paper suggests that their elusive remains may lie buried in some of the world’s least accessible regions