Dinosaur news, features and articles
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Gigantic dinosaur with 'claws like hedge trimmers' found with croc leg still in its jaws in ArgentinaSpeedy megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali had big arms and claws like hedge trimmers that would have made T. rex's forelimbs look puny.
By Chris Simms Published
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Oldest-known dome-headed dinosaur discovered sticking out of a cliff in Mongolia's Gobi DesertThe juvenile pachycephalosaurs, which predates the previous oldest dome-headed dinosaur by 15 million years, reveals more about how and when this unusual feature developed.
By Skyler Ware Published
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Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years agoResearchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.
By Patrick Pester Published
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'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in MoroccoThe ostentatious spikes of a newly described ankylosaur fossil suggest that its armor evolved via sexual selection.
By Richard Pallardy Published
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115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floodsWhile clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.
By Pandora Dewan Published
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T. rex relatives 'moonwalked' to attract mates, newfound dinosaur ‘mating arena' suggestsResearchers have identified a "mating arena" at Dinosaur Ridge where male theropods gathered during the Cretaceous period to display in front of females.
By Patrick Pester Published
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'It's how I would imagine I would react if I saw a real-life giant dinosaur': What Jurassic World Rebirth's scientific advisor thinks of the movieINTERVIEW The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what it's like being the movie's scientific advisor.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Mysterious 'runner' dinosaur a sign there are more Jurassic secrets to unlock beneath western USThe discovery of Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a dog-size "runner" dinosaur, has left researchers re-evaluating Nanosaurus and several other US dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation in Colorado.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Meet 'Dragon prince' — the newly discovered T. rex relative that roamed Mongolia 86 million years agoA new species of dinosaur that was probably a princely ancestor of T. rex, the king of the dinosaurs, has been identified from fossils excavated in Mongolia.
By Chris Simms Published
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