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Researcher overlooking one of the two field sites for the study, the Frenchman Valley in Chambery Coulee Saskatchewan in July 2017. Credit: McGill University

When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived

Geology Page - January 10, 2021

Ubirajara jubatus is named after a Tupi Indian name for 'lord of the spear', in reference to the creature's stiffened, elongate integumentary structures, and jubatus from the Latin meaning 'maned' or 'crested'. Image must be credited Credit: Artwork © Bob Nicholls / Paleocreations.com 2020

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

Braincase and endocast of Thecodontosaurus antiquus. From CT scans of the braincase fossil, 3-D models of the braincase and the endocast were generated and studied. Credit: Created by Antonio Ballell with BioRender, Thecodontosaurus silhouette from PhyloPic.org.

Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur’s brain, eating habits and agility

A partial skeleton of Lagerpeton (hips, leg, and vertebrae) from ~235 million years from Argentina. Further examination of this specimen helped tie features of lagerpetids to pterosaurs. Photo courtesy of Sterling Nesbitt. Credit: Virginia Tech

Paleontologists find pterosaur precursors that fill a gap in early evolutionary history

Remnants of feather sheaths on the wings of the fossil bird Archaeopteryx, shows the earliest evidence of a complex moulting strategy. The white arrows indicate the feather sheaths. Scale bar is 1 cm. Credit: Kaye et al. 2020.

Archaeopteryx fossil provides insights into the origins of flight

Illustration of the Jurassic thyreophoran Scelidosaurus harrisonii, Jack Mayer Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Only dinosaurs found in ireland described for the first time

Geology Page - December 3, 2020

Pterosaurs with these types of beaks are better known at the time period from North Africa, so it would be reasonable to assume a likeness to the North African Alanqa. Credit: Attributed to Davide Bonadonna

Fossil shark turns into mystery pterosaur

Geology Page - November 20, 2020

Titanosaurs were common at the time of the asteroid hit at the end of the Cretaceous 66 million years ago. (Credit: AlienCat)

New analysis refutes claim that dinosaurs were in decline before asteroid...

Geology Page - November 20, 2020

Buriolestes schultzi brain. Credit: Márcio L. Castro

Researchers reconstruct the first complete brain of one of the oldest...

Geology Page - November 4, 2020

This illustration shows a reconstruction of Ambopteryx in a glide. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto

These two bird-sized dinosaurs evolved the ability to glide, but weren’t...

Geology Page - October 23, 2020

Teeth of a large dinosaur, possibly Metriacanthosauridae, from the Liuhuanggou site in the southern Junggar basin. Scale: 1 cm. Credit: University of Tübingen

Tooth marks and lost teeth offer insights into dinosaur feeding behavior

Geology Page - October 23, 2020

An artist's impression of Leptostomia begaaensis Credit: Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth

Beak bone reveals pterosaur like no other

Geology Page - October 17, 2020

Naked prehistoric monsters

Evidence that prehistoric flying reptiles probably had feathers refuted

Geology Page - October 9, 2020

Artist's impression of Oksoko avarsan dinosaurs (credit: Michael Skrepnick)

Lost digits point to spread of parrot-like dinosaur

Geology Page - October 9, 2020

Altmühl specimen of Archaeopteryx, showing the dorsal surface of the right wing.

Dinosaur feather study debunked

Geology Page - October 9, 2020

A skeletal mount of the mosasaur 'Gnathomortis stadtmani' at BYU’s Eyring Science Center. USU Eastern paleontologist Josh Lively named the giant marine lizard that roamed the oceans of North America toward the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. Courtesy BYU.

Jaws of death: Paleontologist renames giant, prehistoric marine lizard

Geology Page - September 26, 2020

Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna

Dino teeth research prove giant predatory dinosaur lived in water

Geology Page - September 26, 2020

Life reconstruction of Euparkeria highlighting the body parts investigated in this study. Credit: Oliver Demuth

Modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals step in the evolution of...

Geology Page - September 26, 2020

Sauropod Embryo. Credit: University of Manchester

Newly discovered rare dinosaur embryos show sauropods had rhino-like horns

Geology Page - September 1, 2020

The largest and the smallest: dinosaurs reached an amazing range in size through the Mesozoic Era. Credit: Vitor Silva

How to weigh a dinosaur

Geology Page - September 1, 2020

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Using math to examine the sex differences in dinosaurs

Geology Page - September 1, 2020

The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project that began more than a century and a half ago. Credit: John Sibbick

Scelidosaurus : First complete dinosaur skeleton ever found is ready for...

Geology Page - September 1, 2020

Vertebrae from the torso of the long-necked dinosaur "Arapahoe"

How dinosaur research can help medicine

Geology Page - August 26, 2020

The structure of the trabecular, or spongy bone that forms in the interior of bones, is unique within dinosaurs, according to a recent study by SMU paleontologists and others.

Dinosaurs’ unique bone structure key to carrying weight

Geology Page - August 26, 2020

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Biologist sequence genome of rare reptilian ‘living fossil’

Geology Page - August 6, 2020

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The Munich specimen of the transitional bird Archaeopteryx. It preserves a partial skull (top left), shoulder girdle and both wings slightly raised up (most left to center left), the ribcage (center), and the pelvic girdle and both legs in a 'cycling' posture (right); all connected by the vertebral column from the neck (top left, under the skull) to the tip of the tail (most right). Imprints of its wing feathers are visible radiating from below the shoulder and vague imprints of the tail plumage can be recognized extending from the tip of the tail.

The early bird got to fly: Archaeopteryx was an active flyer

March 13, 2018

The quantitative model used in the study explains the enigmatic melt degrees and layered structures observed in most cratons on Earth.

Continents prone to destruction in their infancy, study finds

December 4, 2020

The type specimen of Aenigmaspina pantyfynnonensis, photograph and 3D scan model, produced by Erin Patrick as part of her Masters thesis work in Bristol. This little block, the size of the palm of your hand, shows the backbone, curved round from top right to bottom left, and in the middle the ribs and shoulder blades. Scale bar is 1 cm. Credit: University of Bristol

A new reptile species from Wales named by Bristol student

September 4, 2019

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