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Alamosaurus, the largest land animal to ever roam North America, has long been a subject of fascination for paleontologists. In a remarkable discovery made by students from Sul Ross State University, a vertebra from this colossal creature was uncovered in Big Bend National Park, further illuminating the mystery of its existence on the continent. This find, coupled with previous research, …

A Stolen Dinosaur Named Claire Is Returned to a California Gas Station  The New York Times Clair, the beloved gas station dinosaur statue in Brentwood, is returned with a note: ‘Please don’t press charges!’  LAist Beloved dinosaur returned to Brentwood gas station after it was stolen in September  CBS News Watch stolen dinosaur statue be returned to Los Angeles gas station with apology …

A new genus and species of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period in what is now New Mexico has been identified and named by paleontologists from the United States and Slovak Republic. Life reconstruction of Ahshislesaurus wimani based on the holotype and closely related species. Image credit: Sergey Krasovskiy. “Hadrosauridae, a family of large herbivorous dinosaurs, were among …

A fascinating new discovery from England’s Isle of Wight has unveiled a previously overlooked dinosaur, Istiorachis macarthurae, which is marked by an extraordinary sail along its back and tail. These fossils, which sat in a museum for decades, have now become a source of scientific intrigue, shedding new light on the roles of social signals in the dinosaur world. Jeremy …

Scottish reptile fossil showing mix of snake and lizard from dinosaur era baffles scientists  Dawn Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard  Reuters Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate  Nature 167-Million-Year-Old Lizard With Snake-Like Jaws Puzzles Scientists  SciTechDaily New Jurassic Lizard Species Has Confusing Set of Features Seen in Snakes and Geckos  Sci.News Source link

Scottish reptile fossil showing mix of snake and lizard from dinosaur era baffles scientists  Dawn Enigmatic Jurassic reptile looks like a mix of snake and lizard  Reuters Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate  Nature 167-Million-Year-Old Lizard With Snake-Like Jaws Puzzles Scientists  SciTechDaily Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snake  Live Science Source link

A new genus and species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur has been discovered by a team of paleontologists from Argentina, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Geological map showing the location of Vitosaura colozacani in the Los Llanos Formation, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Image credit: Jiménez Velandia et al., doi: 10.5710/AMGH.24.09.2025.3653. The newly-discovered dinosaur species, Vitosaura colozacani, roamed our planet around 80 …

WASHINGTON — A fossil unearthed in Argentina of a newly identified species of meat-eating dinosaur is providing insight into a poorly understood group of Cretaceous Period predators, thanks not only to its extensive skull remains but also to the remarkable object that it still had clutched in its jaws — the leg of a croc. The dinosaur, named Joaquinraptor casali, …

The founder of GDC, Chris Crawford, has suggested that the “gigantic costs” of the event, compared with the “microscopic costs” of interacting over the internet, mean GDC is “rapidly becoming a dinosaur.” Crawford – who worked at Atari in the early 1980s and later created the groundbreaking Cold War simulation Balance of Power for the Macintosh – founded GDC back …

AUSTIN, Texas — When July’s historic floods ripped through Central Texas, they didn’t just sweep away homes and trees. Along Sandy Creek, volunteers spotted something extraordinary emerging from the mud: a trail of footprints pressed into stone that were 115 million years old. “The dinosaur tracks at Sandy Creek were uncovered during debris removal after the floods,” explained Matthew Brown, …