For decades, scientists have sought to determine the appearance of Tyrannosaurus rex. Did it have scaly skin, or was it covered in feathers like Velociraptor? Recently discovered skin impressions provide evidence relevant to this question. […]
Although humans live on land, approximately 375 million years ago all vertebrates inhabited aquatic environments, while terrestrial ecosystems contained plants and invertebrates. During the transition towards life on land, some fishes developed structures that preceded limbs and enabled movement beyond […]
Hatzegopteryx was a giant prehistoric flying reptile discovered in the Hațeg region of Romania. It lived approximately 71–65 million years ago, near the end of the Cretaceous, and had a wingspan of 10–11 metres, comparable to that of a small aircraft. During the Cretaceous, approximately 145.5–65.5 million years ago, […]
A nodosaur fossil discovered in Canada preserves the animal’s natural armour in exceptional detail, including spines, scales and bony plates. Found during mining operations in Alberta in 2011, the specimen preserves the dinosaur from its snout to its hips […]
An exceptionally complete and well-preserved ankylosaur fossil was discovered in North America. Its appearance resembles Zuul, the fictional creature from Ghostbusters. Found in the Judith River Formation in Montana, USA, Zuul crurivastator was described as the most complete skeleton of its kind discovered in North […]
Researchers in Argentina discovered fossils of an Early Jurassic dinosaur whose stomach contained remains of its last meal, preserved for approximately 180 million years. Found in marine-deltaic deposits of the Los Molles Formation, the fossils belong to a previously unknown ornithischian dinosaur, now named […]
Scientists discovered a dinosaur footprint approximately 1.7 metres long in a remote area of Australia’s north-western coast. According to Reuters, it may be the largest dinosaur footprint known. Left by a giant sauropod, it is among 21 types of dinosaur tracks identified in […]
A study published in Nature proposed a revision of the traditional classification of dinosaurs, which had been used for over a century and was based largely on pelvic anatomy. Non-avian dinosaurs were traditionally divided into two groups: Ornithischia and Saurischia. The first group included […]
British and Australian researchers identified what was described as the first known fossilised dinosaur brain tissue. The fossil was discovered in Sussex, England, in 2004, but its significance was recognised more than a decade later. […]
Chinese palaeontologists described a dinosaur tail exceptionally well preserved in amber. The specimen is estimated to be more than 99 million years old. On 9 December 2016, CNN reported the discovery, which attracted international attention as a significant palaeontological find […]
