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Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain

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gus_massa · 1789662695 · focus · HN ↗
> The Spanish Diplodocus lived roughly 150 million years ago near the end of the Jurassic period.
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> 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: <a href="https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/167017/view" rel="nofollow">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?
1. artisinal · 1789686407 · focus · HN ↗
  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.
  1. loloquwowndueo · 1789686808 · focus · HN ↗
    Ew no, not with the Americans behaving the way they are now. The Atlantic is fine where it is thank you very much.
    artisinal · 1789740325 · focus · HN ↗
    Fair.
    Perhaps we can extend the Black Sea to keep those dirty Russians out of Europe

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