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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)

Newly identified softshell turtle lived alongside T. rex and Triceratops

Geology Page - March 13, 2022

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.

Giant impact crater in Greenland occurred a few million years after dinosaurs went extinct

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

The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring

Researchers discover first evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

First evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection

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).

Large new titanosaurian dinosaur from the Pyrenees

The asteroid impact led to the extinction of 75% of life, including all non-avian dinosaurs. Credit: Willgard Krause/Pixabay.

Asteroid dust found in crater closes case of dinosaur extinction

Geology Page - March 9, 2021

Comet

The comet that killed the dinosaurs

Geology Page - February 15, 2021

Life reconstruction of a Spinosaurus wading in the water and fishing. Credit: Robert Nicholls ©Nicholls2020

New light shed on behavior of giant carnivorous dinosaur Spinosaurus

Geology Page - January 28, 2021

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

Geology Page - December 17, 2020

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...

Geology Page - December 17, 2020

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...

Geology Page - December 17, 2020

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

Geology Page - December 17, 2020

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

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