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New species of 240-million-year-old prehistoric animal could reshape dinosaur origins timeline

A new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating to around 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period, has been described by an international team of researchers. Led b...

Animation depicts newly-discovered dinosaur species

Scientists in the U.K. have discovered a new dinosaur species, the Invictibellatrix amberina, a two-legged carnivore that was a cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil that led...

New analysis reconstructs the dawn of dinosaurs and other reptiles

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, a large proportion of species on Earth rapidly became extinct. After this mass extinction, many groups of organisms b...

Small Dinosaurs May Have Had an Evolutionary Advantage Over Their Enormous Relatives

Were there ever small dinosaurs? Learn about the dinosaurs that lived alongside ancient giants and how their size may have helped them adapt, diversify, and survive in changing eco...

Zimbabwe’s Ancient Dinosaurs Were Nothing Like Scientists Expected

Scientists expected Zimbabwe’s fossil beds to yield familiar South African dinosaurs, but the newly named Musango is helping reveal a distinct prehistoric community. Africa boasts...

240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovery Challenges the Story of the First Dinosaurs

A newly identified mammal relative suggests that Tanzania’s possible early dinosaur fossils may be younger than previously thought. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda, a newly identified...

Dinosaurs take over the Canfield Fairgrounds

Prehistoric giants took over the Canfield Fairgrounds this weekend.

210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa

A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient clim...

240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Turns Out to Be a New Species That Could Rewrite Dinosaur Evolution

Learn more about the newly identified species Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda and how its discovery could reshape scientists' understanding of the timeline of dinosaur origins.

Dino-mite discovery! Belgian tourists discover the remains of a 174 million-year-old giant ichthyosaur while strolling o...

A pair of Belgian tourists have discovered the remains of a 174-million-year-old giant ichthyosaur while strolling on a beach in Dorset.

Ultimate Dinosaurs Exhibition Makes a Prehistoric Footprint at the State Fair

The Science Museum exhibition features 15 life-sized casts of dinosaurs and a glimpse into Minnesota before time.

Giant new dinosaur discovered beneath construction site in Brazil

Scientists have identified a giant new dinosaur from Brazil that reached about 20 meters long and lived 120 million years ago. Its surprising evolutionary ties to a Spanish dinosau...

A 240-million-year-old fossil just changed the dinosaur timeline

A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs to a group previousl...

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-DINOSAUR FOSSIL-FINDING (CN)

(260911) -- BEIJING, Sept. 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo provided by Xing Lida, a dinosaur expert from China University of Geosciences (Beijing), shows a dinosaur fo...

Dinosaurs may have chowed down on washed-up seafood

"As it turns out, what happens in the sea doesn't stay in the sea."

Dinosaurs take over the Canfield Fairgrounds

Prehistoric giants took over the Canfield Fairgrounds this weekend.

New Research Reveals Dinosaurs May Have Eaten Seaweed

Dinosaurs and their prey likely ate seaweed, which may help explain the unusually high carbon isotope signatures preserved in their teeth. After storms, beaches can become strewn w...

Spectacular feathered dinosaur fossil shows bird-like adaptations

An exquisitely preserved fossil found in China shows that many anatomical features seen in birds also evolved independently in another group of dinosaurs

A forgotten fossil reveals a fearsome dinosaur with giant claws

A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have been more dangerous to humans than a T. rex. The tiger...

Thailand's 'Jurassic Park' shines light on dinosaur evolution

A dinosaur statue stands guard outside a temple, a hint at the ancient giants buried deep in the earth below making up northeastern Thailand's "dinosaur rush".Researchers have foun...

Thankfully The Dinosaurs Aren’t Around To See These Memes

Dinosaur fossil found deep underground in drill core in north China

BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have discovered a dinosaur fossil buried hundreds of meters underground, not at a traditional excavation site but inside a drill core from...

150-Million-Year-Old Tail Bones Found in Spain Reveal the First <em>Diplodocus</em> Outside North America

Learn how fossils from a Spanish town placed Diplodocus outside North America for the first time and offered evidence of dinosaur movement between continents.

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