Unusual Fossil Shows Rare Evidence Of A Mammal Attacking A Dinosaur
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Canadian and Chinese scientists have described an unusual fossil from around 125 million years ago that shows a dramatic moment in time when a carnivorous mammal attacked a larger plant-eating dinosaur. Fossil showing the entangled skeletons of Psittacosaurus (dinosaur) and Repenomamus (mammal), with magnified sections showing the mammal biting […]
New Spinosaurid Dinosaur Found In Spain
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A dinosaur specimen from Castellón, Spain represents a new proposed species of spinosaurid, reports a paper published in Scientific Reports. The identification of a potential new species suggests that the Iberian peninsula may have been a diverse area for medium-to-large bodied spinosaurid dinosaurs and sheds light on the origin and […]
Giant Meat-Eating Dinosaur Footprint Found In Yorkshire Could Be The Largest Ever
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – An almost meter-long footprint made by a giant, a meat-eating theropod dinosaur from the Jurᴀssic Period represents the largest of its kind ever found in Yorkshire. Curiously, the unusual footprint appears to capture the moment the dinosaur rested or crouched down some 166 million years ago. Giant dinosaur footprint […]
Europe’s Largest Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed On The Isle Of Wight
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists at the University of Southampton have identified the remains of one of Europe’s largest ever land-based hunters: a dinosaur that measured over 10m long and lived around 125 million years ago. Several prehistoric bones, uncovered on the Isle of Wight, on the south coast of England, and housed at […]
New Species Of Softshell Turtle That Lived In North Dakota 66.5 Million Years Ago With Dinosaurs Discovered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have identified a new species of softshell turtle that lived in North Dakota 66.5 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period, just before the end-Cretaceous mᴀss extinction. It is one of the earliest known species of the genus, according to new research shared in the journal […]