This is where the oldest dinosaurs took birth.
with numerous geographical barriers affecting the distribution of organisms across the globe. Explaining this further, lead researcher and postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, Christopher Griffin told, “We have geographical barriers to dispersal from continent to continent. The most obvious of these are the oceans, but extremely tall mountain ranges can also be geographic barriers to dispersal. These barriers, especially the oceans, were not factors in Pangaea.
Griffin reveals that the fossils belong to Africa’s oldest known dinosaurs, and they are roughly the same age as the oldest dinosaurs found anywhere in the world. Surprisingly, the collection also comprises remains of early dinosaurs similar to those that existed in Central Africa, South America, and India. This indicates that the dinosaurs did not start out with a worldwide range but were restricted to only a part of southern Pangaea at the earliest part of their history.
Although, at present, there are vast geographical barriers such as oceans and mountains that affect species distribution, climate and different climate zones still play an important role in the dispersal of fauna. Various
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