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And we have known for sure that the armor was around back then, given that we’ve found the skin-derived osteoderms that comprise the armor in Jurassic deposits. But with little more than a rib and a handful of mouth parts to go on, it wasn’t really possible to say much more than that. Until now, that is. Because the new …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes – some about three feet long – unlike that of any other known creature. Researchers on Wednesday described extensive fossilized remains discovered in the Atlas Mountains near …

Teeth of a Camarasaurus, found in the Morrison Formation, USA, which were also analyzed in the research. Credit: Sauriermuseum Aathal A new method allows scientists to reconstruct carbon dioxide levels and photosynthesis from fossilized tooth enamel. A surprising new line of evidence is providing fresh insights into Earth’s ancient climate. Fossilized dinosaur teeth reveal that the atmosphere during the Mesozoic …

In a groundbreaking discovery reported by CGTN, paleontologists in Zhucheng, China, have unearthed a massive tyrannosaur fossil that could rival “Sue,” the largest T. rex. The find, including a giant thigh bone and vertebra, suggests a creature over 12 meters long, potentially reshaping our understanding of dinosaur origins. The Zhuchengtyrannus Magnus Discovery The recent fossil discovery includes a remarkable thigh …

A groundbreaking discovery on the Isle of Wight has revealed a new dinosaur species, Istiorachis macarthurae, distinguished by a sail-like structure along its back. This finding challenges previous views on dinosaur evolution and opens new discussions on sexual selection in prehistoric creatures. Identified by Jeremy Lockwood, a retired doctor working on his PhD at the University of Portsmouth, the discovery …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species with a very distinctive feature, a sail-like structure running down its back, the Natural History Museum in London announced on Friday. The bones of Istiorachis macarthurae, named in honor of record-breaking British sailor Ellen MacArthur, were uncovered on the Isle of Wight, a small island just off the south …

LONDON — A former PhD student analyzing 125-million-year-old fossils has made waves with the discovery of a new species of dinosaur that had a sail on its back. The findings, published in the journal Papers in Palaeontology on Friday, relate to fossils originally excavated in the 1970s on the Isle of Wight, a small island off England’s south coast. The …

PA/James Brown An artist’s impression issued by the University of Portsmouth of an Istiorachis macaruthurae A new species of dinosaur that had an “eye-catching sail” along its back has been named after sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur. The dinosaur, unearthed on the Isle of Wight, has been given the name Istiorachis macaruthurae with the first word meaning “sail spine” and the …

A fossil unearthed two decades ago in northeastern China has captured renewed scientific attention this summer after researchers confirmed it as the oldest known case of polycephaly—a congenital condition where an animal is born with more than one head. Published in the journal Biology Letters by the Royal Society in 2006, and recently revisited in several scientific outlets, the fossil …

A recently re-examined fossil from Brazil has revealed one of the rarest phenomena ever recorded in prehistoric life: a two-headed reptile dating back to the Early Cretaceous period, roughly 120 million years ago. The discovery, detailed in a peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The fossil preserves an incredibly rare case of bicephaly, a condition …