Possible Migration Between Europe and Africa - New Dinosaur Species Discovered in Egypt

A dinosaur fossil, believed to be a long-necked herbivorous sauropod, was discovered in Late Cretaceous strata (about 80 million years ago) in Egypt.
Analysis revealed it to be a new genus and species, and it was named "Mansourasaurus." It is estimated to have weighed about 5 tons. It belongs to the Titanosauria, and it is thought that its skin surface was sparsely covered with bony plates.

It was found that Mansourasaurus is phylogenetically closer to dinosaurs that lived in Europe and Asia than to those in southern Africa and South America.
This suggests that some dinosaurs were able to move between Africa and Europe until the Cretaceous period.

Until now, research on African dinosaurs has not been well-developed. There is a scarcity of well-preserved fossils. A major reason for this is the limited opportunities for excavation compared to Europe, North America, and Asia.
The discovery of Mansourasaurus will play a crucial role in understanding "how dinosaurs dispersed and evolved after the continents began to break apart about 200 million years ago, and how African dinosaurs developed."

Source - AFPBB News