Dinosaur

Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot

The fossil vertebra, found 763 feet underground, offers a rare glimpse into the late Cretaceous period.

 Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot.
 'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found.

'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found

 Lepidophyma flavimaculatum, the yellow-spotted tropical night lizard.

Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid impact and still inhabit the region

 The dragon prince: T. Rex related new dinosaur species found in Mongolia.

The dragon prince: T. Rex related new dinosaur species found in Mongolia


First ever discovery of sauropod gut contents confirms herbivorous diet

Analysis reveals sauropods didn't chew but used gut microbes to digest varied plant diet.

 Australian Age of Dinosaurs Collection Manager Mackenzie Enchelmaier holds up sauropod gut content fossil.

New pterosaur species Nipponopterus mifunensis identified from Japanese fossil

Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.

 New pterosaur species Nipponopterus mifunensis identified from Japanese fossil.

Nature study: Newly analyzed fossil reveals earliest feathered flight

"Archaeopteryx is not the first dinosaur with feathers, nor is it the first dinosaur with wings. However, we think it is the earliest known dinosaur that could use its feathers for flying."

 Nature study: Newly analyzed fossil reveals earliest feathered flight.

When Pterosaurs ruled Brazil's sky

In 'Pterosaurs of Brazil', paleontologist Luiz Eduardo Anelli highlights four species with unique characteristics, such as enormous crests and colossal heads.

 When Pterosaurs ruled Brazil's sky.

Did T. rex's 'grandparents' migrate over the Bering Land Bridge?

Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, specifically in Laramidia, the western half of the continent.

 The disparity of the Northern and Southern hemisphere’s evolution of terrestrial Cretaceous faunas after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum

New Dinosaur-era mammal species "Ravjaa ishii" discovered in Mongolia's Gobi Desert

This is the first finding of Zhelestidae in Mongolia, changing the understanding of their distribution.

 New Dinosaur-era mammal species "Ravjaa ishii" discovered in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

Massive dinosaur fossil found at Big Bend National Park

Student expedition leads to discovery of a large vertebra belonging to an Alamosaurus.

 Massive dinosaur fossil found at Big Bend National Park.

Study: Private collectors own majority of T. rex fossils, limiting research

Commercial collectors have discovered 2.4 times more T. rex fossils than public institutions since the early 1990s.

 Study: Private collectors own majority of T. rex fossils, limiting research.

Dinosaurs were not in decline before asteroid impact, new study suggests

New research finds gaps in fossil record, not actual extinction trends, explain apparent dinosaur decline.

 Closeup of a replica of fossilized Velociraptor dinosaur.

Previously unknown dinosaur species discovered in Portugal's Lusitanian Basin

‘This specimen reflects that iguanodonts had a much greater diversity than previously thought,’ said Bruno Silva of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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Flowering plants, not dinosaurs, drove mammals to ground 72 million years ago

Professor Janis said, "The vegetational habitat was more important for the course of Cretaceous mammalian evolution than any influence from dinosaurs."

 Dryolestes, a Late Jurassic relative of the Cretaceous therians.