Oldest fossil predator from South America

The recent publication of a paper by an international team of palaeontologists from Brazil, South Africa and Turkey describing the oldest predator known from South America, has made headlines locally and internationally. View the coverage below.

 Carnivorous dinocephalian from the Middle Permianof Brazil and tetrapod dispersal in Pangaea, PNAS, 5 Dec 2011

 Pampas killer has local cousins and relatives in Russia, China, Cape Times, 17 Jan 2012

 Familielid van Karoo se oudste ontdek, Burger, 17 Jan 2012

 Revealed: Secrets of 265m years ago, The Star, 17 Jan 2012

 Reptiles and the pampas, pg 24, pg 25 and pg 26, Quest, March 2012

 SA scientists do their bit in identifying the pampas killer, Mercury, 17 Jan 2012

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 Lotus FM, 18 Jan 2012

 Highveld, 18 Jan 2012