Transferred to film by Karel Reisz, with music by Michael Nyman, the cinematic framing of the image loses this sense of theatricality.

ECONOMIST: Modern drama

The site, which is estimated to be about 190 million years old, was uncovered by a group of international researchers led by paleontologist Robert Reisz of the University of Toronto Mississauga.

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"These things were growing faster than anything we've ever seen faster than any living mammal or bird today or any known dinosaur, " said paleontologist Robert Reisz at the University of Toronto at Mississauga in Ontario, who led the team of experts in China, Taiwan, Australia and Germany that analyzed the specimens.

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