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This bizarre, giant dinosaur had the shape of a... hedgehog.
Of all the dinosaurs known to humankind, Augustinia is considered one of the most bizarre-looking.
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The truth about the world's top 'dinosaur gold mine' in China
Scientists have just discovered what makes Yixian, a world where dinosaurs seem to have frozen in time.
Archeology
Hong Kong (China) first discovered dinosaur fossils
Chek Chau Island, Hong Kong (China) discovered and excavated the first Cretaceous dinosaur fossil. This discovery has important significance in the study of the ancient…
Archeology
72.5 million year old 'crusher monster' discovered to be an unknown species
Scientists have successfully recreated a 6.3m long beast from a fragmented fossil skeleton excavated in the state of Coahuila - Mexico.
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Why are dinosaur fossils more abundant than human bones?
With their long lifespan, large number of species, and large body size, dinosaurs left behind significantly more fossil bones than humans.
Archeology
Discovery of new carnivorous dinosaur fossils in Argentina
According to Conicet, the 'Koleken inakayali' dinosaur is closely related to Carnotaurus, one of the most characteristic 'killers' of the Upper Cretaceous period (about…
Archeology
Discovery of dinosaur fossils with feathers and scales
Scientists discovered a new fossil of a dinosaur (Psittacosaurus) that had skin that combined feathers like a bird and hard scales like a reptile.
Archeology
Argentina discovered fossils of herbivorous dinosaurs 90 million years ago
This new dinosaur is a bipedal herbivore, the most important feature is a tail that curves downward unlike other dinosaurs where the tail is horizontal.
Archeology
New giant dinosaur fossils discovered in Argentina
A reporter in Buenos Aires quoted Conicet's announcement as saying that this new species of dinosaur lived in the Patagonia region of Argentina 66 million years ago.
Archeology
Dinosaur fossils were pierced by their own kind
The fierce battle with the opponent caused Big John, the largest 3-horned dinosaur specimen ever found, to have a keyhole-shaped puncture in the frill.
Archeology
The most complete dinosaur fossil at the Australian museum
The 67-million-year-old triceratops specimen from Montana astounds researchers with 266 bone fragments preserved to date.
Archeology
Discovered super rare fossils of long-necked dinosaurs related to T-rex
In Victoria, Australia, archaeologists discovered fossils of a long-necked dinosaur, thought to evolve into a plant-eating species from their predatory ancestors.
Archeology
Scientists find a new unknown dinosaur horned genus
Fossils excavated in the state of Montana reveal the genus Stellasaurus, an unknown dinosaur, lived 75 million years ago.
Archeology
Cretaceous fossils reveal new dinosaurs
Paleontologists have discovered an unknown hairy dinosaur that lived 67 million years ago in the southwestern United States.
Archeology
Detecting traces of rare cancer in dinosaur fossils
The germ of a disease that still exists in society today has been found in the fossil of a platypus dinosaur 66 million years old.