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A new species of dinosaur that roamed the Earth 195 million years ago, likely an ancestor of the enormous brontosaurus, has been discovered in South Africa, scientists said Wednesday.Dubbed Aardonyx Celestae, a combination of Afrikaans and Greek that means Earth Claw, fossils of the seven-metre (23-feet) long dinosaur were uncovered in the central Free State province by a team of post-graduate students from Johannesburg's Witswatersrand University.
