Fossil dinosaur tracks give insight into lives of prehistoric giants
A newly discovered collection of rare dinosaur tracks is helping scientists shed light on some of the biggest animals ever to live on land.
A newly discovered collection of rare dinosaur tracks is helping scientists shed light on some of the biggest animals ever to live on land.
Archaeology
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The discovery of a tiny, 170-million-year-old fossil on the Isle of Skye, off the north-west coast of the UK, has led Oxford University researchers to conclude that three previously recognised species are in fact just one.
Archaeology
Nov 13, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A group of researchers from the University of Göttingen, the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, and the University of Linz has determined the structure and origin of Jurassic period borolithochromes. ...
A new dinosaur cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been found in Wales, the first meat-eating dinosaur ever found in the country.
Archaeology
Jun 9, 2015
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Experts from the University of Manchester have identified Britain's oldest sauropod dinosaur from a fossil bone discovered on the Yorkshire coast.
Archaeology
Jun 1, 2015
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Although closely related to the notorious carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex, a new lineage of dinosaur discovered in Chile is proving to be an evolutionary jigsaw puzzle, as it preferred to graze upon plants.
Archaeology
Apr 27, 2015
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New research details how a preserved fossil found in China could be the oldest record of post-natal parental care from the Middle Jurassic.
Archaeology
Jan 19, 2015
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A new species of marine reptile from the Jurassic era has been identified from fossils found on the Isle of Skye.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 12, 2015
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A new species of carnivorous crustacean has been identified, which roamed the seas 435 million years ago, grasping its prey with spiny limbs before devouring it. The fossil is described and details of its lifestyle are published ...
Archaeology
Aug 22, 2014
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A Utah man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of stealing a fossilized dinosaur footprint.
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2014
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