What scientists learned from a well-preserved fossil of iconic Jurassic-era dinosaur
The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.
Scientists Think the World's Oldest Dinosaur Fossils May Still Be Awaiting Discovery
That sentiment stems from a new paper published in Current Biology which posits that dinosaur fossils older than we’ve ever ...
Where in the world are Earth’s oldest dinosaurs?
To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been ...
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New twist in mystery of dinosaurs' origin
The new study, published in the journal Current Biology, accounted for gaps in the fossil record and concluded that the earliest dinosaurs likely emerged in a hot equatorial region in what was ...
Where did dinosaurs first evolve? Scientists have an answer
Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus, meat-eating brutes like Tyrannosaurus and weirdos like Therizinosaurus, ...
Fossil of oldest known modern bird discovered in Antarctica
A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...
Age, burial environment don’t hinder soft tissue preservation in dinosaurs
Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils in question.
Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles
A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...
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Scientists identify new sauropod dinosaur species in SW China
KUNMING: Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, ...