11 points embedding-shape 2 days ago 5 comments

embedding-shape 2 days ago | parent

Original article (in Spanish), from the source itself: https://fundaciondinopolis.org/un-descubrimiento-paleontolog...

gus_massa 6 hours ago | parent

> The Spanish Diplodocus lived roughly 150 million years ago near the end of the Jurassic period.

> [...]

> According to the team, the presence of Diplodocus in Iberia offers strong evidence that dinosaurs moved between North America and Europe during that era, likely crossing temporary land bridges that appeared as the proto-North Atlantic Ocean periodically receded.

I want a map! I found this: https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/167017/view Is it the correct map? Is there a land (ice?) bridge between Newfoundland and Portugal? Am I interpreting it correctly?

artisinal 3 minutes ago | parent

We could save a lot of money and emissions if we brought the continents back together! Imagine Paris to New York by high speed train.

Arubis 18 minutes ago | parent

This probably is the most succinct way to write the title, but assigning nationality to dinosaurs is _weird_.

foolswisdom 10 minutes ago | parent

Maybe in "Iberia" instead of Spain?