Uncertainties in the evolutionary tree of birds and their closest relatives have impeded deeper understanding of early flight in theropods, the group of dinosaurs that includes birds. To help address this, an international ...
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The alvarezsauroid theropod Linhenykus monodactylus from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China is the first known monodactyl non−avian dinosaur, providing important information on the complex patterns of manual ...
Archaeology
Jun 19, 2013
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A team of palaeontologists from The University of Queensland has challenged the recent identification of a possible tyrannosaur fossil from Australia.
Archaeology
Aug 26, 2010
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A nasty little 66-million-year-old family secret has been leaked by a recently unearthed tyrannosaur bone. The bone has peculiar teeth marks that strongly suggest it was gnawed by another tyrannosaur. The find could be some ...
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Oct 29, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Research into the incubation behaviour of birds suggests the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors.
Archaeology
May 15, 2013
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A small team of paleobiologists, with members from Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Birmingham has discovered three new Jurassic-era dinosaur track sites in Morocco. ...
The Sino-American field expedition in the Junggar Basin north of the Tian Shan in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region have produced a number of dinosaur fossils, including several species of small- to medium-bodied theropod. Recently, ...
Archaeology
Feb 6, 2013
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Using portable 3D laser technology, scientists have electronically preserved a rare 110 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur footprint that was previously excavated and built into the wall of a bandstand at a Texas courthouse ...
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2009
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The origins of birds and their flight was a major event in the history of life. A wealth of spectacular fossils has demonstrated that birds are theropod dinosaurs, with Pennaraptora being the most relevant subgroup to transition ...
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Aug 24, 2020
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Scientists using laser-imaging technology have documented and digitally preserved the first known set of theropod dinosaur tracks in the state of Arkansas.
Archaeology
Jan 17, 2018
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