And as scientists find these fossils, they give them names so that they can be identified across all future research. Dinosaur names must abide by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ...

Vlad Ghiea / Alamy When it comes to dinosaur names, the classics will always be on the tips of our tongues. There’s Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus and, naturally, the tyrant king Tyrannosaurus rex ...

a small carnivorous dinosaur in northeastern China called a Sinosauropteryx probably had a striped brown tail and a raccoon-like bandit mask. Researchers have identified more than 700 species of ...