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Scientists discover 115-million-year-old fossil of new dinosaur species in Brazil
DW   10 July 2020   Brazil  
Scientists believe the newly-discovered Aratasaurus museunacionali roamed the Earth 115 million years ago
<p>A team of Brazilian researchers announced on Friday the discovery of a 115-million-year-old fossil belonging to a previously unknown species of dinosaur in the northeastern state of Ceara.<br />The "Aratasaurus museunacionali" is a previously unknown species ...
1st known swimming dinosaur just discovered. And it was magnificent.
Live Science   30 April 2020   World  
Image: © Jason Treat, NG Staff, and Mesa Schumacher Art: Davide Bonadonna Source: Dr. Nizar Ibrahim, University of Detroit Mercy
<p>Despite old, out-of-date drawings of long-necked dinosaurs wading in swamps, scientists have long believed that dinosaurs were a land-loving bunch: None were thought to swim. Now, though, a new tail fossil found in Morocco reveals that the sharp-toothed ...
The World's Smallest-Known Dinosaur Measured Less Than 2.25 Inches!
DOGO news   24 March 2020   World  
The skull of the world's tiniest dinosaur was found perfectly preserved in a pebble-sized piece of amber (Credit: Lida Xing)
<p>Over the years, researchers have unearthed fossils of many of the estimated 2,468 dinosaur species that roamed Earth during the Mesozoic era, which spanned from between 252 million years ago to about 66 million years ago. However, few can compare to the ...
The five: dinosaurs that once roamed the British Isles
The Guardian   15 March 2020   UK   Scotland  
<p>Last week scientists discovered the first Stegosaurus footprints in Scotland. Which other prehistoric reptiles lived on these shores? </p>
75 million-year-old dinosaur skeletons found with fossil chromosomes
Tech Explorist   02 March 2020   USA   Montana  
Reconstruction of the nesting ground of Hypacrosaurus (Photo provided to Xinhua by Michael Rothman)
<p>Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Mary Schweitzer, of North Carolina State University in the United States, have discovered evidence of fossilized cell nuclei and ...
'Reaper of death': scientists discover new dinosaur species related to T rex
The Guardian   10 February 2020   Canada  
Photograph: Julius Csotonyi/The University of Calgary and Ro/AFP via Getty Images
<p>Scientists in Canada have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex that strode the plain of North America about 80m years ago. Thanatotheristes degrootorum – Greek for “reaper of death” – is thought to be ...
Dinosaur extinction was 'all about the asteroid,' casting doubt about volcano's impact, new study says
Fox News   17 January 2020   World  
What if the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs hit another spot on Earth? (Esteban De Armas/Shutterstock)
<p>Several studies have suggested a volcano eruption played a greater role in the extinction of the dinosaurs than the asteroid that crashed into modern-day Mexico. A new study is hoping to end the debate, suggesting "it was all about the asteroid."<br />The ...
Stunning dinosaur skull discovery turns paleontologists' assumptions upside down
Fox News   26 November 2019   Canada  
Hannah's skull, seen from all sides. (Credit: Scott Persons)
<p>A newly discovered dinosaur skull has shaken paleontologists' assumptions to the core, throwing a wrench into the idea that all dinosaurs had symmetrical faces.<br />The fossilized skull of the Styracosaurus was unearthed and researchers were surprised ...
Fluffy dinosaurs used to live at the South Pole, scientists say
CNN   14 November 2019   South Pole  
Recent research suggests that there used to be feathered dinosaurs in the South Pole.
<p>(CNN) The South Pole has been home to penguins, whales and -- 100 million years ago -- dinosaurs with fluffy feathers, new findings show.<br />This is the first time scientists have ever found evidence that dinosaurs used feathers in extreme climates like ...
Oldest carnivorous dinosaur fossil unearthed in Brazil
Phys Org   13 November 2019   Brazil  
<p>A team of researchers from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria and Universidade de S&atilde;o Paulo, both in Brazil, has found and identified the oldest carnivorous dinosaur fossil to date. In their paper published in the journal PeerJ, the group describes ...