Paleontologists have just reported the world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex and the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada. The 13-metre-long T. rex, nicknamed ‘Scotty,’ lived in prehistoric Saskatchewan 66 million …read more Source:: Science
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Paleontologists discover largest dinosaur foot ever
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•The dinosaur foot known as ‘Bigfoot,’ described in a new scientific paper recently published in the open-access journal PeerJ — the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, was excavated in …read more Source:: Science
A 508-million-year-old sea predator with a ‘jackknife’ head
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•Paleontologists have revisited a tiny yet fierce ancient sea creature called Habelia optata that has confounded scientists since it was discovered more than a century ago. Analysis of new fossil …read more Source:: Science
Early avian evolution: The Archaeopteryx that wasn‘t
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•Paleontologists have corrected a case of misinterpretation: The first fossil “Archaeopteryx” to be discovered is actually a predatory dinosaur belonging to the anchiornithid family, which was previously known only from …read more Source:: Science