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The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022
Smithsonian magazine   16 December 2022   World  
Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Larry Felder / Charles R. Knight / Carlos Papolio / Yusik Choi / Natee Puttapipat / Julius Csotonyi
<p>The flood of dinosaur discoveries this year was hard to keep up with. New species crammed scientific journal pages as experts published study after study that provided new insights into the biology, behavior and extinction of the “terrible lizards.” We ...
Dinosaur fossil found in Cambodia
Vietnam plus   01 November 2022   Cambodia   Koh Por island  
Photo courtesy of Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment
<p>Phnom Penh (VNA) &ndash; A fossil unearthed on Koh Por island in Koh Kong province of Cambodia has been identified as the bones of a dinosaur, Hun Marady, director of provincial environment department was quoted by the country's Agence Kampuchea Presse ...
Two-legged dinosaur from Zimbabwe is the oldest ever found in Africa
Artistic reconstruction of Mbiresaurus raathi, which has been discovered in Zimbabwe/ Andrey Atuchin
<p>The remains of a new species of plant-eating dinosaur has been unearthed in northern Zimbabwe. It is part of a huge assemblage of fossils from the Late Triassic that could help us understand how the period&rsquo;s climate influenced the dispersal of early ...
Dinosaur finding hints at why T-rex had small arms
BBC NEWS   08 July 2022   Argentina  
An artist's reconstruction of Meraxes gigas
<p>A team of scientists in Argentina say they have discovered a new giant predatory dinosaur that had a huge head - but tiny arms for its size.<br />Writing in the Current Biology journal, the scientists say extensive skeletal remains of a previously unknown ...
Scientists confirm discovery of Australia's largest dinosaur, two stories tall and a basketball court long
CNN   08 June 2021   Australia   Queensland  
An artist's impression of Australotitan cooperensis, the largest known dinosaur discovered in Australia.
<p>A new species of dinosaur discovered in Australia has been confirmed as the largest ever found in the country, and one of the biggest in the world.<br />The fossilized skeleton, nicknamed "Cooper," was found in southwest Queensland in 2007, at Cooper Creek ...
Amateur fossil hunter discovers 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
Derek Larson/The Canadian Press
<p>Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island&rsquo;s Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary.<br />As he knelt down and began chipping away around the patch of brown, he felt ...
Dinosaur discovery: ‘Best-preserved’ Ice Age woolly rhino found in Siberia
Express   01 January 2021   Russia   Siberia  
Dinosaur discovery: A ‘best-preserved’ Ice Age woolly rhino has been found in Siberia (Image: Siberia)
<p>The superbly-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino was uncovered with many of its internal organs still intact. The precious carcass was recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme northern region.<br />Russian state media reported how the holly rhino was revealed ...
The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2020
Smithsonian   22 December 2020   World  
A Tyrannosaurus rex holotype at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (ScottRobertAnselmo CC BY-SA 3.0)
<p>There&rsquo;s never been a better time to be a dinosaur fan. Even in a year where fossil explorations have been curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, paleontologists have dug deep to describe dozens of new species and unlock new secrets about our ...
A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders
Science News   14 December 2020   Brazil  
© Bob Nicholls/Paleocreations.com 2020
<p>The fossil of a chicken-sized, meat eater from Brazil that had a mane of fluffy filaments and a pair of stiff, ribbon-like streamers emerging from both shoulders is the first dinosaur with feathers ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere.<br />Named ...
Fossil footprints from 313 million years ago oldest ever found in Grand Canyon
Fox News   22 August 2020   USA   Grand Canyon, Arizona  
Stephen Rowland/National Park Service
<p>Fossil footprints from 313 million years ago are the oldest to ever be found in the Grand Canyon.<br />A geology professor from Norway, Allan Krill, made the surprising discovery four years ago on a hike with students.<br />Lying next to the trail, in plain ...