The femur shows distinctive traits observed exclusively in ceratopsians, confirming their existence in the Middle Jurassic.
“Significant fossils like this can sit unnoticed for years, even in plain sight.”
Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.
Paleontologists uncovered fossils of a new species of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur named Chadititan calvoi in northern Patagonia.
Bone analysis reveals the Elgol dinosaur is a 166-million-year-old ornithopod.
Study provides earliest evidence of multiple oviraptorosaurs co-existing in North America.
Measuring over ten meters in length and weighing up to eight tons, Uriash kadici was nearly four times larger than its relative, the dwarf sauropod Magyarosaurus dacus.
The massive footprint, nearly a meter across, was revealed by recent storms that stripped away layers of shingle at Shepherd's Chine.
Megaraptorids are known for somewhat small but sharp teeth, air-filled bones, and powerful forelimbs with enormous claws. These dinosaurs have mostly been found in southern continents.
The fossil remains were found during a dig in 2014 and the discovery was presented by researchers from the Paleontology Museum of the Benemérita Escuela Normal Superior de Coahuila.