A new carnivorous dinosaur species named Dracoraptor hanigani uncovered in the south of Wales is possibly the oldest known Jurassic dinosaur from the UK, according to a study published January 20, 2016 in the open-access ...
Archaeology
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Pioneering new research has shed new light on the causes behind an 'ice-age' that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2015
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The Ceratopsia family is growing again. Researchers have described a new species of plant-eating dinosaur, Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis, that stood on its hind feet and was about the size of a spaniel. It is similar in age ...
Archaeology
Dec 9, 2015
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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
Dec 1, 2015
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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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