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New species of spinosaurid dinosaur discovered in Portugal

NOVA School of Science and Technology and Museu da Lourinhã scientists have found evidence that a group of fossils found 23 years ago in Portugal are the remains of a new species of Spinosaurus. This type of dinosaur featured prominently in the movie Jurassic...

Fossils show a crocodile ancestor dined on a young dinosaur

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 a fossilized crocodyliform, are the partially digested remains of a juvenile bipedal ornithopod. University of New England in Australia, paleontologist Matt...

Ancient plant fossils discovery in Washington points to paleobotanic mystery

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 Cretaceous. It was between 66 million and 100 million years ago. The research has been published in New Phytologist. The study...

Study finds first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

The fossilized remains of an immature diplodocid may provide the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in a dinosaur. The study has been published in Scientific Reports. The study will increase our understanding of the illnesses that affected dinosaurs. The specimen was discovered in...

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

A set of Triassic archosaur fossils have been excavated in the 1960s in Tanzania. They have been formally recognized as a distinct species. They represent one of the earliest-known members of the crocodile evolutionary lineage. University of Birmingham, Natural History Museum and Virginia Tech University...

AI will revolutionize how we research dinosaur fossils

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 has been published in Frontiers in Earth Science. Dinosaurs’ fossil relies on the morphology of the preserved remains of the animals....