A new study in Current Biology analyzes the skulls of 18 large prehistoric predators, including the Tyrannosaurus rex, the ...

A recent study reveals that theropod dinosaurs evolved specialized skulls for distinct attack styles. Tyrannosaurus rex ...

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved ...

But the Lee study gives the best picture of how steady and unusual theropod evolution was. The skeletons of theropods changed four times faster than other types of dinosaurs, the study said.

Overall, the new species has reshaped scientific understanding of therizinosaurs and theropod evolution in general. The details of the new study were published in the journal iScience.

The research, led by Museums Victoria Research Institute and Monash University Ph.D. student Jake Kotevski, describes five theropod fossils discovered along Victoria's coastline. The fossils were ...

Michael Pittman, Thomas G. Kaye, Xiaoli Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, T. Alexander Dececchi, Scott A. Hartman, Preserved soft anatomy confirms shoulder-powered upstroke of early theropod flyers, reveals ...

Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion Journal: Nature Published: 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08251-w Affiliations: 5 Authors: 4 Go to article ...

Object Details Author Bever, Gabe S Mongolian-American Museum Paleontological Project Mongolyn Shinzhlėkh Ukhaany Akademi Notes "Issued March 15, 2013." Second specimen collected by the 2001 joint ...