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Marasuchus Was Built for Speed — and 5 Other Facts About an Ancient Dinosaur Relative Cursor

Marasuchus Was Built for Speed — and 5 Other Facts About an Ancient Dinosaur Relative

Marasuchus is a precursor to dinosaurs, one of its closest relatives from the genus Dinosauriform Archosaur. It belongs to the same reptilian family tree as dinosaurs, birds, and pterosaurs, the flying reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs. This close relative of the mega-dinosaurs that would come next was tiny and…
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May 29, 2026