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  • The paper also re-examines another early dinosaur Sereno found in 1991 in the same rock strata, a creature he called Eoraptor, or dawn plunderer.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • The paper also re-examines another early dinosaur Sereno found in 1991 in the same rock strata, a creature he called Eoraptor, or dawn plunderer.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Before this Eoraptor, meaning "dawn thief" had held the title at 228 million years.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • In addition to the discovery of Eodromaeus – which means dawn runner – the researchers proposed reclassifying a previously known dinosaur called Eoraptor.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • In addition to the discovery of Eodromaeus – which means dawn runner – the researchers proposed reclassifying a previously known dinosaur called Eoraptor.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • It was similar in size to Eodromaeus, but differences in the teeth indicate Eoraptor more likely was an ancestor of the giant plant-eating sauropod dinosaurs than the hunting theropods like T. rex with which it had been associated, according to Sereno, Paul N.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

  • "The reclassification of Eoraptor actually makes perfect sense ... the teeth have always made me wonder," said Longrich, who was not on the research team.

    230-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Species Discovered AP 2011

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