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Paleontologists Discover Earliest Known Dome-Headed Dinosaur in Excellent Condition, Shedding Light on Its Mysterious Anatomy

Most of what researchers previously knew about the iconic Cretaceous dinosaurs came from their domed heads, which endured ...

New iguanodontian dinosaur discovered in Portugal

Paleontologists discovered a new species of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
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Hidden for 125 years, a Welsh fossil turns out to be a dinosaur

More than a century after its discovery, a mysterious fossil from South Wales has finally been confirmed as belonging to a ...
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Paleontologists Directly Date Dinosaur Eggs for the First Time, Shedding Light on the Cretaceous World 85 Million Years Ago

Using uranium-lead dating, researchers calculated the age of the eggs, rather than the sediments around them, at the ...

Paleontologists discover earliest dome-headed dinosaur

Paleontologists have found the fossilized remains of the oldest dome-headed dinosaur ever discovered.

Stronger than T. Rex? Scientists discover a new dinosaur that could change what we know about the most dangerous predator

Scientists in Argentina have unearthed a new megaraptoran dinosaur species, Joaquinraptor casali, distinguished by its ...

Where did the dinosaur-killing asteroid go? Scientists reveal clues

Around 66 million years ago, a 12-kilometre-wide asteroid travelling at 43,000 km/h crashed into Earth, triggering one of the ...

New megaraptor discovered—with its final meal still in its mouth

A croc bone locked between the 70-million-year-old predator’s jaws gives scientists a rare look into its life and possibly ...