Paleontology & Fossils

Researchers found bizarre meat-eating dinosaur fossil in Egypt’s Sahara desert

Surekha Barfa - June 13, 2022 0

An Egyptian-American study team has discovered a new type of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, known as a theropod, at a well-known fossil site in Egypt's...

Paleontology & Fossils

New species of spinosaurid dinosaur discovered in Portugal

Maruti Shah - February 27, 2022 0

NOVA School of Science and Technology and Museu da Lourinhã scientists have found evidence that a group of fossils found 23 years ago in...

Paleontology & Fossils

Fossils show a crocodile ancestor dined on a young dinosaur

Maruti Shah - February 26, 2022 0

Scientists have found evidence that an ancient crocodile ancestor chowed down on a dinosaur. A member of a newfound species dubbed Confractosuchus sauroktonos, preserved within...

Paleontology & Fossils

Ancient plant fossils discovery in Washington points to paleobotanic mystery

Surekha Barfa - February 21, 2022 0

A new description of two well-preserved ancient fossil plant specimens is prompting paleobotanists to rethink how plants might have been dispersed during the Late...

Paleontology & Fossils

Study finds first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

Nelish Singh - February 13, 2022 0

The fossilized remains of an immature diplodocid may provide the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in a dinosaur. The study has been...

Evolution

Fossils excavated in the 1960s add missing link to crocodile evolution

Surekha Barfa - February 13, 2022 0

A set of Triassic archosaur fossils have been excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania. They have been formally recognized as a distinct species. They...

Paleontology & Fossils

AI will revolutionize how we research dinosaur fossils

Anushree Kole - January 27, 2022 0

Artificial intelligence technologies can identify tumour by high-resolution medical imagery. Scientists have used the technology to analyse similar scans of dinosaur fossils. The study...

Paleontology & Fossils

Fossils of sauropodomorph ancestor show it walked upright

Anushree Kole - January 22, 2022 0

University of Bristol researchers have found evidence that an early ancestor of the giant sauropodomorph dinosaurs had walked upright. It was also quick and...

Paleontology & Fossils

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