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1. 4 Sep 15 2:04 PM

   Social media users highlight the land-bridge implications

   Posts on Bluesky and elsewhere pick up the finding, emphasizing the 14 tail vertebrae and what the discovery implies about ancient connections between continents.

   “This discovery outside North America hints at deeper ancient land connections and broader Jurassic ranges than we thought. Love a good geological puzzle!”

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     First Diplodocus fossils found in Spain, including 14 tail vertebrae from a ~25m long specimen! This discovery outside North America hints at deeper ancient land connections and broader Jurassic ranges than we thought. Love a good geological puzzle!

     astra99.bsky.socialBluesky8d ago10▲view on Bluesky ↗

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     > map!Maps.[1][2]Too far south for an ice bridge - Newfoundland is south like modern Florida - tropical. And it's the Jurassic, hot with high sea levels, so even though its continental shelf extends out towards Spain, there are no ice ages to bare it (as was the Eastern US shelf a mere 12k years ago). But Pangea is ripping apart, it's a mess with…

     mncharityHacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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     Remains of 25m-long Diplodocus discovered in Spain. It’s the first evidence of the iconic dino outside the US https://www. discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs /diplodocus-spain?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @ bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

     BBCWildlife@flipboard.comMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗

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2. 3 Sep 15

   Study identifies Diplodocus fossils at Spain's La Tejería site

   Researchers publish findings in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology confirming 14 tail vertebrae and chevron bones from El Castellar, Teruel, as Diplodocus and a close relative of Diplodocus hallorum, the first confirmed remains of the genus outside the western U.S.

   “Paleontologists in Spain say they have found the first evidence of the long-necked Diplodocus genus of dinosaur outside of North America.”

   1. 3 outlets First Diplodocus fossils found outside of United States

      first by Popular Science, 8d ago · also The Brighter Side of News, ScienceDaily

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      • In Spain, the remains of a Diplodocus were discovered for the first time outside North America UA.NEWS · 7d ago
      • First Diplodocus found outside North America rewrites dinosaur migration history The Brighter Side of News · 7d ago
      • Scientists discover the first diplodocus ever found outside North America ScienceDaily · 5d ago
3. 2 Sep 15 4:00 AM

   Researchers detail land-bridge migration hypothesis and specimen size

   Lead author Sergio Sánchez Fenollosa and co-author Alberto Cobos describe the roughly 25-meter (82-foot) individual and propose that temporary land bridges in the proto-North Atlantic allowed dinosaurs to move between North America and Europe during the Late Jurassic.

   “As we looked more closely at the anatomy, we began to identify a combination of features characteristic of Diplodocus species. Then, as we carried out different evolutionary analyses, they kept pointing in the same direction.”

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     Researchers have identified the first Diplodocus remains ever found outside North America in a Spanish fossil site — the 83-foot specimen belongs to one of the longest land animals in Earth's history. # science # palaeontology # dinosaurs https://www. popsci.com/science/first-diplo…

     Econopass@flipboard.comMastodon9d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗

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4. 1 Sep 14 4:06 PM

   Early reports surface on Diplodocus find outside North America

   Phys.org runs an initial account describing the discovery as a challenge to prior understanding of Late Jurassic dinosaur distribution, ahead of wider coverage.

   1. 1 outlet Diplodocus fossils found in Spain challenge North America’s dinosaur monopoly

      first by Times of India, 5d ago

   2. 1 outlet First diplodocus found outside North America discovered in Spain

      first by El Pais English, 8d ago

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