Dinosaur
‘Death shadow’ dinosaur unearthed in Argentina
Argentine paleontologist Mauro Aranciaga with a graphic illustration of Maip macrothorax towering over a human BUENOS AIRES – Argentine paleontologists have announced the discovery of an apex-predator dinosaur that measured three stories from nose to tail and eviscerated its prey with sharp, curved claws. The six-ton giant, the largest megaraptor unearthed to date, fed on …
Missing man’s body recovered inside dinosaur statue, may have gotten stuck retrieving cell phone: repot
A father and son made a grim discovery on Saturday when they found the body of a missing 39-year-old man inside a statue of a dinosaur in the Spanish suburb of Santa Coloma. The BBC, citing local media in the country, reported that the unidentified man may have gotten stuck while he attempted to retrieve …
Digital technology reveals secrets of UK’s earliest dinosaur | Science
Britain’s earliest dinosaur was a nimble omnivore that ran around on two legs, unlike its later relatives brontosaurus and diplodocus, research suggests. Standing at about the height of a 10-year-old child, and 1.5 metres in length with a long thin tail, Thecodontosaurus antiquus roamed the Earth during the Triassic period, more than 205m years ago, …
T. rex dinosaur ‘Stan’ sold for world record price
Image copyright Christie’s A near-complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex, nicknamed “Stan”, has been sold for a world record price of $31.8m (£24.6m). The 67-million-year-old fossil went to an anonymous bidder in the sale organised by Christie’s in New York. The guide price had been $6-8m, but this was rapidly surpassed as the online auction progressed. …
Eigg beach runner stumbles on dinosaur bone
Image copyright E Panciroli Image caption The fossil was found in rock on the shoreline of Eigg A scientist has discovered a 166 million-year-old dinosaur fossil while running along the shore of a small Scottish island. Dr Elsa Panciroli was running to meet up with her palaeontology research team on Eigg when she made the …
How to host a kid’s birthday party without breaking coronavirus lockdown rules
It’s your child’s birthday, but with all this isolation business going on, the party you had planned has gone out the window. Or has it? Tips for hosting a virtual kids party: Get your kids involved in the planning and input Limit the numbers so it’s not too hard to manage everyone and keep them …
Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur – National Geographic
Bizarre Spinosaurus makes history as first known swimming dinosaur National Geographic A swimming dinosaur: The tail of Spinosaurus nature video Well-Preserved Tail of Terrifying Aquatic Dinosaur Shows It Was a Formidable Swimmer Gizmodo A war, bones dealer and a desert expedition: The story behind learning Spinosaurus could swim CNN Reconstructing Spinosaurus, a gigantic aquatic predator National Geographic View Full Coverage …
Smallest dinosaur found ‘trapped in amber’
Image copyright Lida XING Scientists have discovered what they say is the smallest known dinosaur. The new species has been described by one team member as the “weirdest fossil” she has ever worked on. The specimen, from northern Myanmar, consists of a bird-like skull trapped in 99-million-year-old amber. Writing in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers …
New dinosaur species found: Kamuysaurus japonicus – a plant-eating hadrosaur – was discovered in Japan
A new kind of dinosaur has been unearthed in Japan, and it’s the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in the country. Researchers believe the bones help to explain the origin and evolution of dinosaurs in the region. The dinosaur is a completely new genus and species of the plant-eating hadrosaur, which roamed the Earth in …
‘Mission Jurassic’ fossil dinosaur dig closes for winter
Image copyright Phil Manning Image caption The fossils need to go to a lab to be prepared for further investigation Three full truck loads of dinosaur fossils were shipped out of the “Mission Jurassic” dig site in North Wyoming as scientists brought the 80-day excavation season to an end. The specimens included skeletal parts from …
