Dinosaur
150-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Limping Sauropod Dinosaur Found in Colorado
Paleontologists have analyzed an exceptionally long sauropod track along the West Gold Hill Dinosaur Trail in Colorado, USA. The results ...
New Fossils from West Texas Extend Known Range of Tenontosaurus
Paleontologists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, the University of Texas at El Paso and Montana ...
Dinosaur Eggshells Help Paleontologists Determine Age of Fossil-Bearing Rocks
Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping techniques to measure trace amounts of ...
Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils
Lichens are symbioses of fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many substrates, including fossils. ...
Nanotyrannus is Distinct Dinosaur Lineage, New Research Shows
Paleontologists examined an exceptionally well-preserved, nearly somatically mature tyrannosaurus skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Their results show ...
New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur Identified in Museum Drawer
Fossil skull and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History was reevaluated and reclassified, leading to the emergence ...
Latest Cretaceous Dinosaurs Lived in Vibrant, Regionally Distinct Communities
The most iconic mass extinction in Earth's history occurred about 66 million years ago, when rapid environmental destruction led to ...
Two New Specimens of Edmontosaurus annectens Preserve Fine Details of Scales and Hooves
Paleontologists have examined two exceptional specimens of a duck-billed dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. Edmontosaurus annextens. Using a range ...
New Species of Dome-Headed Dinosaur Identified in Montana
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur based on five fossil specimens found in the Late ...
Europe’s Longest Sauropod Dinosaur Trackway Unearthed in England
In 2024, a new major sauropod dinosaur footprint site was discovered. disclosed at Dewars Farm Quarry, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, ...
