Researchers discover longest-necked dinosaur in China
A sauropod from China may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur.
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Island dwarves and inner ears: Long-necked dinosaur from Germany was probably precocial
Recently, scientists from the universities of Greifswald and Vienna examined skull remains of Europasaurus with high-resolution computer tomography scans. The little giant has been the ideal candidate for the researchers ...
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What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals ...
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Nov 26, 2022
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Largest dinosaur skeleton in Europe may have been found in Portugal
The remains of what could be the largest dinosaur to be found in Europe are being uncovered in a backyard in Pombal, a city in the central region of Portugal. The remains, that could correspond to a sauropod dinosaur with ...
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Prehistoric podiatry: How dinos carried their enormous weight
Scientists have cracked an enduring mystery, discovering how sauropod dinosaurs—like Brontosaurus and Diplodocus—supported their gigantic bodies on land.
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New long-necked dinosaur helps rewrite evolutionary history of sauropods in South America
A medium-sized sauropod dinosaur inhabited the tropical lowland forested area of the Serranía del Perijá in northern Colombia approximately 175 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of researchers ...
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Aug 10, 2022
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100 million-year-old footprints of world's biggest dinosaur species found at restaurant in China
A restaurant in southwestern China was discovered to be harboring ancient history, as dinosaur footprints—dating back 100 million years—were found in the establishment's outdoor courtyard.
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Rare sauropod dinosaur teeth uncovered in Australia
A team of researchers at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Natural History Museum The Jump-Up, working with colleagues from the University of New England and University College London, has uncovered sauropod teeth fossils at ...
We discovered how the largest dinosaurs walked, and it was more like rhinos than elephants
While our knowledge of dinosaurs and other extinct animals has dramatically increased during the last couple of decades, their gaits—the order and timing of how animals move their legs—have remained a blind spot.
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Study of sauropod tracks shows the dinosaurs had a gait unlike any creature alive today
Using a new method of studying dinosaur tracks, a pair of researchers at Liverpool John Moores University has found that sauropods walked with a gait unlike any creature alive today. In their paper published in the journal ...
