{
  "id": 7806462,
  "title": "A 240-million-year-old fossil just changed the dinosaur timeline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/a-240-million-year-old-fossil-just-changed-the-dinosaur-timeline",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:48:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260915232128.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs to a group previously known only from South America, linking fossil deposits on the two continents. That connection suggests Tanzania’s supposed oldest dinosaur fossils may actually be millions of years younger than previously thought.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}