By Harry de QuettevilleAn archaeological dig in central Germany has unearthed fossils which could be the oldest record of dinosaur life ever.
The dinosaur find, at a quarry near the town of Bernburg 90 miles south-west of Berlin, appears to date from 250 million years ago.
Scientists previously believed that dinosaurs evolved from smaller reptilians around 235 million years ago.
But the new find could radically redraw archaeologists' understanding of the dawn of the Triassic age, and the birth of the dinosaur era.
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