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140M-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Found for the First Time in South Africa’s Western Cape
Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western Cape. The newly identified footprints, estimated to be around 140 million years old, ...
Like your apples and peaches? An NAU researcher says you might have a dinosaur to thank
About 65 million years ago, dinosaurs lumbered through forests. After they went extinct, things changed — and the effects are ...
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Romania’s sauropod fossils challenge ‘dwarfism’ theory of island dinosaurs
Paleontologists have unearthed two new sauropod dinosaur species from the Hațeg Basin in western Romania. Sauropods were massive, herbivorous dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails, ...
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Romania’s sauropod fossils challenge ‘dwarfism’ theory of island dinosaurs
Paleontologists have unearthed two new sauropod dinosaur species from the Hațeg Basin in western Romania. Sauropods were massive, herbivorous dinosaurs known for their long necks and tails ...
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New sauropod species from Romania transform our understanding of dinosaur island life in Europe
The researchers report on two new sauropod species, Petrustitan hungaricus and Uriash kadici, found in the fossil-rich Hațeg Basin in western Romania. Their findings reveal that the diversity of ...
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New sauropod species from Romania transforms understanding of dinosaur island life in Europe
Fifteen years ago, only five sauropod species were known from this time period. As of now, at least 11 have been identified—a stark contrast to North America, where only one sauropod species ...
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Prehistoric creature — with ‘armor’-like skin — accidentally discovered. See new species
In the world of scientific discovery, it’s not always about how much time you spend in the rainforest or how deep in the ocean you search. Sometimes, the most significant discoveries are made ...
Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show
One of the Victorian carcharodontosaur shinbones was found on the Otway Coast. The other was found on the Bass Coast, in rocks nearly 10 million years older. This demonstrates these predators were ...
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Scientists identify new sauropod dinosaur species in SW China
KUNMING: Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilised skeleton discovered in the country’s southwestern ...
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How dinosaur extinctions created an environment that contributed to our fruit-eating primate ancestors
A herd of the Jurassic sauropod dinosaur Camarasaurus walks through a mostly coniferous floodplain forest in what will one day be Utah. Such large dinosaurs transform the landscape with their ...
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New Sauropod Dinosaur Discovered on the Iberian Peninsula
Qunkasaura is a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived approximately 75 million years ago. Image by UnexpectedDinoLesson - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons ...