Dinosaur
Unearthed in Morocco's Atlas Mountains: a 165-million-year-old 'porcupine' dinosaur
The unique and striking neck armor of Spicomellus Afer must have been energetically expensive to form and carry, suggesting it served a display function rather than practical use.
Meet the dinosaur named after a sailing legend - it had a sail of its own
‘One-Ounce Wonder’: Mouse-Sized Dino-Era Species Found in Patagonia
Asteroid the size of 3 T. rex dinosaurs to pass Earth Sunday - NASA
Texas Floods Reveal Ancient Dinosaur Footprints
A paleontologist said the footprints were left by carnivorous dinosaurs similar to Acrocanthosaurus, and are approximately 110 to 115 million years old.
Paleontologists Reveal How a 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Rewrites East Asian History
Researchers recovered three adult skeletons, five egg clutches and well-preserved bones from Wuding County’s Lower Jurassic strata.
Researchers Name Jurassic Swimmer ‘Plesionectes Longicollum’ After Long Storage
The nearly complete 2.95 meter skeleton was forgotten since 1978.
Evidence of First Mixed-Species Dinosaur Herd Found in Canada's Badlands
In just 29 square meters researchers documented footprints from at least five ceratopsians, one ankylosaurid, one small theropod and two large tyrannosaurids moving in the same direction.
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.
'Ash-Winged Dawn Goddess': Oldest North American pterosaur fossil found
Jaw, wing bone, and tooth of Eotephradactylus mcintireae (209.2 Ma) reveal a floodplain ecosystem with fish, giant amphibians, and early turtles before the end-Triassic mass extinction.
Night lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid impact and still inhabit the region
Scientists suggest their secretive lifestyle and slow metabolism helped them endure the mass extinction.
The dragon prince: T. Rex related new dinosaur species found in Mongolia
Discovery leads to revised tyrannosaur family tree, shedding light on T. rex's ancestry.
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.
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.
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."
