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An imagined scene from the end of the Cretaceous Period, more than 66 million years ago, has the newly identified softshell turtle Hutchemys walkerorum dwelling alongside iconic species from the Age of the Dinosaurs. (Image: Sergey Krasovskiy)
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Newly identified softshell turtle lived alongside T. rex and Triceratops

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Zircon Crystals of the mineral zircon are tiny time-capsules that record the age of many events in Earth’s history. Dating zircon crystals like this was one of the two methods used to calculate the age of the Hiawatha impact crater. Illustration: Gavin Kenny, Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after...

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Evidence suggests an asteroid impact that killed off most dinosaurs might have happened in spring. Credit: Joschua Knüppe
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The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring

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Researchers discover first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection
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First evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

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Images of different fossil remains of Abditosaurus kuehnei at the Orcau-1 site (a), the excavation process (b and c) and the neck after fossil preparation (d).
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Large new titanosaurian dinosaur from the Pyrenees

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Original artwork from scientific illustrator Emiliano Troco depicting a Brontosaurus (likely the most famous sauropod dinosaur) acting as an ecosystem engineer in a warm and vegetated landscape not dissimilar to modern-day savannah type biomes.
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Sauropod dinosaurs were restricted to warmer regions of Earth

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Life reconstruction of a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, based on the new specimen “Baby Yingliang.” Credit: Lida Xing
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Exquisitely preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg

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Living reconstruction of Issi saaneq / Photo: Victor Beccari
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‘Cold bone’: Researchers discover first dinosaur species that lived on Greenland...

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Long neck, long tail, tiny head, tiny teeth. These iconic, gargantuan dinosaurs developed a wholly unique dining strategy to support their massive size. Image by Stephanie Abramowicz, courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM).
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Tooth Fast, Tooth Curious?

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Brighstoneus simmondsi reconstruction. Credit: John Sibbick
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New species of iguanodontian dinosaur discovered from Isle of Wight

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Laser-stimulated fluorescence imaging of a pterosaur fossil reveals flight-related soft tissues. The imaging revealed a muscular wing root fairing that smooths airflow around the wing-body junction and reduces drag, as in the wing root fairings of modern aeroplanes. (Image credit: Michael Pittman)
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Muscular wing-body junction improved Pterosaur flight performance

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A closeup view of the Flyby Trike’s occipital condyle bone — nicknamed the “trailer hitch” — the ball on the back of the skull that connects to neck vertebrae.Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum/University of Washington
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Four dinosaurs discovered in Montana

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Fig. 1. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp. nov., a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber. (A to D) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg or pereopod. Photos by L.X. Figure by J.L.
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First dinosaur era crab fully preserved in amber discovered

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Image: Artists impression of newly identified species Credit: Anthony Hutchings
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Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of...

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Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. (Image credit: Anthony Romilio)
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‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid...

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Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna
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Early dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as...

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Ecological changes following intense volcanic activity 230 million years ago paved the way for dinosaur dominance
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Dinosaurs’ ascent driven by volcanoes powering climate change

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The extinction of their competitors allowed snakes to move into new niches and diversify enormously (Credit: Joschua Knüppe).
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Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

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University of Tsukuba researchers have described a new apex predator from the lower Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, which coexisted with a smaller tyrannosauroid
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Who was king before Tyrannosaurus? Uzbek fossil reveals new top dino

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Early lineages of mammal like this large Gobiconodon from Mongolia, outcompeted the ancestors of modern mammals in the time of dinosaurs. Credit: Corbin Rainbolt
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Mammals in the time of dinosaurs held each other back

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