The skull, from a titanosaur, a type of sauropod, was found at a dig site in eastern Spain in 2007 and experts have spent the last few years studying it to see what secrets it may reveal. Lead author of the paper Dr Fabien Knoll, of The University of Manchester, said: "This is su...
The reason why eggs were thought to be important in Oviraptor's diet are: Osborn noted that Oviraptor's skull was found just inches away from a nest of dinosaur eggs (believed at the time to be Protoceratops eggs). Additionally, Henry Fairfield Osborn, speculated that the animal's the tooth...
"Nobody knew that the skull had horns on its back edge," said Norman. "It had several bones that have never been recognised in any other dinosaur. It's also clear from the rough texturing of the skull bones that it was, in life, covered by hardened horny scutes, a little bit like ...
But Witmer’s careful analysis found the structure of the triceratops jaw and skull made it more likely that Triceratops had a beak like that of an eagle. Witmer said that scientists should use birds and crocodiles as models when researching the appearance of dinosaurs. In early October ...
Remains of giant dinosaur found in ChinaSource: China Daily07-23-2007 17:25A Chinese man stands near the replica of a fossilized skull and a small scale model depicting the Gigantoraptor erlianensis, whose fossilized bones were uncovered recently in northern China at an unveiling held in ...
and the tail very long.Dilophosaurus, from the EarlyJurassic Period(200 million to 176 million years ago), is considerably larger (about 4 metres total length) and is distinguished by a pair of thin bonycrestsrunning along the top of the skull. Because no other theropod had such structures,...
Recently, unusual finds of dinosaurs have been provided by South America, especially Argentina. The oldest, most primitive known dinosaurs (Herrerasaurus, Eoraptor and armored sauropods such as the Saltasaurus) come from there. A huge breeding colony of sauropods was also found in Patagonia. ...
Seriously, compare the skull you see above to the massive dragon skulls found in the subterranean pathways of King’s Landing in HBO’s Game of Thrones. While it is inconclusive that Dracorex ever consorted with the House Targaryen or reduced cities and armies alike to smoldering ash, what is...
"This is not the largest predatory dinosaur we know.Tyrannosaurus,Carcharodontosaurus, andGiganotosaurusfrom the Cretaceous were bigger animals," said Christophe Hendrickx. "With a skull of 115 cm,Torvosaurus gurneyiwas however one of the largest terrestrial carnivores at this epoch, and an active pr...
This specimen is exceptional because, rather than mixed and scattered as almost all of the Morrison fossils are, the bones were found together, with many in their articulated position. Also, much of the spine and 97% of the skull were found. Lastly, the skull is much larger than the ...