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19 Jul 2024

DNA: Dinosaur skeleton fetches record $44.6m at auction

13 Oct 2020

Remains of the day: Dinosaur skeleton fetches 3 million euros

The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house for 3 million euros. The skeleton of the Allosaurus dinosaur dug up in the U.S. state of Wyoming three years ago, went to an unnamed foreign buyer for well in excess of the 1 million euro starting price.

28 Aug 2020

3D model of an unhatched dinosaur reveals unknown fact about sauropods

The fossil is rare and around 80 million-year-old. The fossil of the sauropod dinosaurs has tiny embryonic bones to patches of delicate fossilized skin, and even a skull and teeth of one of the creatures. The new findings was led by Martin Kundrat of the Paleo BioImaging Lab at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, in the Slovak Republic.

08 Sep 2019

Watch: 30-feet-tall dinosaur built near Statue of Unity in Gujarat collapses

A 30-feet-tall gigantic model of dinosaur built near the Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Narmada district collapsed on Sunday.

25 Jul 2018

'Amazing dragon' fossils rewrite the history of long-necked dinosaurs

Scientists excavated bones from at least eight to 10 Lingwulong individuals, the largest of which was about 57 feet (17.5 meters) long.

18 Dec 2017

Partially preserved dinosaur-like corpse discovered in Uttarakhand, India

The creature has now been sent for analysis, including carbon dating, which will reveal its exact age.

27 Oct 2017

Dinosaur used colours to hide from predators, says study

Experts arrived at the study after discovering a small dinosaur fossil in China, which also helped to dispel stereotypes about the creatures.

26 Oct 2017

200-million-year-old dinosaur footprints found in Africa

Researchers spotted several three-toed footprints measuring 57cm long and 50cm wide.

06 Oct 2017

Fossil of Thailand's biggest ever dinosaur found

The dinosaur was estimated to be about 100 million years old with its size believed to be the biggest ever found in Thailand

01 Sep 2017

66-million-year-old rare dinosaur fossil unearthed in Colorado

The rare skull was spotted at a construction site and experts say that it could help unlock numerous secrets about triceratops.

29 Aug 2017

Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant at time of death

The new specimen was originally discovered on the Somerset coast, during the mid-1990s, and is from the Early Jurassic, roughly 200 million years old.

28 Aug 2017

Researchers identify dinosaur species that roosted like modern birds' 70 million years ago

New remains from the region suggest that at least some dinosaurs likely roosted together to sleep, quite possibly as a family, much like many modern birds do today, researchers said.

16 Aug 2017

Fossilised dinosaur footprints found in China

It is believed to be the largest cluster of Sauropod footprint fossils ever found in China dating from the early Jurassic period, Xinhua news agency reported.

28 Jul 2017

Dinosaur remains found at rediscovered old site in Australia

The name Austrosaurus, meaning “southern lizard”, was given to the cretaceous-era sauropod back when it was discovered in 1932, but the digging site was thought to be lost until it was rediscovered in 2014 by a team of paleontologists.

19 Jul 2017

T rex dinosaur could not have run at high speed: Study

In Stephen Spielberg's original adaptation of the Jurassic Park, a rampant Tyrannosaurus rex (T rex) is shown chasing Jeff Goldblum's character, Ian Malcolm, as he sits injured in the back of a 4x4 vehicle.

18 Jul 2017

New species of human-sized dinosaur discovered

Scientists have discovered a new species of 71 million-year-old bird-like dinosaur in Canada that is roughly the size of a human.

13 May 2017

Supremely well-preserved new dinosaur fossil found in Alberta gives the impression of a statue!

The remnants of skin which are fossilized, cover the armor plates on the dinosaur’s remains, which are petrified from the head to the hips.

10 May 2017

China: Scientists find mammoth bird-like dinosaur species

Measuring about eight metres and weighing up to three tonnes, the new species named Beibeilong sinensis or baby dragon from China, lived about 90 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period.

04 May 2017

At last it's spotted – Scientists discover 'Last African dinosaur' in Moracco

Researchers from the University of Bath in the UK studied a rare fragment of a jaw bone discovered in the phosphate mines at Sidi Chennane. They identified it as belonging to an abelisaur.

03 May 2017

China: Team of paleontologists discover new bird-like dinosaur species

The three-feet fossilised skeleton, named Jianianhualong tengi, is a troodontidae -- a family of bird-like theropod dinosaurs.

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