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The discovery of more than a thousand fossil teeth in prehistoric river beds is eating away at our current definition of dinosaurs. Today, paleontologists generally consider this extinct group of reptiles to be simply land-based, but an enormous species will simply not survive. Species, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, With its huge fin-like …

Digital reconstruction of the embryonic sauropod skull, with eyes added to show forward direction.Image: Kundrat et al. Current biology A rare egg fossil with an unbroken dinosaur suggests that baby sauropods were not miniature versions of the four-legged, long-necked hats that we all know and love, exhibit a unique set …

The only complete dinosaur skeleton ever discovered was in storage for 160 years before receiving the attention it deserved. Over the past three years, researchers have been compiling the skeleton and learning a lot about its history. The animal, a Scelidosaurus, was closely related to ankylosaurs. Over the centuries, researchers …

Say hello to a new theropod dinosaur species, Vectaerovenator inopinatus. Discovered after a series of serendipitous fossil finds on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, it is thought to date to 115 million years ago, during the Cretaceous. The Latin name of the new dino roughly refers to …

It was another time. By the end of the Cretaceous, North America was beaten in two by a giant inland sea. Dinosaurs, near the end of their reign, still abound in this hot, wet place. But they had to watch their step, especially through the edge of the water. In …