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Baby dinosaurs a common prey for Late Jurassic predators
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (598+ words) Credit: Sergey Krasovskiy and Pedro Salas Babies and very young sauropods " the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land " were a key food sustaining predators in the Late Jurassic, according to…...
90-million-year-old fossil of "missing link" bird-like dinosaur discovered
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (668+ words) A new study of fossils from a bird-like dinosaur, called Alnashetri, provides new insight into how its lineage evolved, shrank and spread across the ancient world. (Gabriel D'az Yant'n, Universidad Nacional de R'o Negro via SWNS) The 90-million-year-old fossil of…...
Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a 'perfect snack' for predators
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) WASHINGTON " It may have been suicidal for a predator to go after a healthy adult Brachiosaurus, a behemoth weighing perhaps 60 tons that was a member of the long-necked group "of dinosaurs called sauropods that included the largest land animals ever…...
For predatory dinosaurs, the Late Jurassic was an all-you-can-eat sauropod buffet
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) Some 150 million years ago sauropods dramatically shaped the dinosaur ecosystem in what is now the western U. S. , according to a new study Sauropods'humongous reptiles with a long neck and tail and thick, elephantlike legs'played a starring role in the dinosaur ecosystem,…...
Baby dinosaurs were the backbone of the Jurassic food chain
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (628+ words) A new study led by a researcher from UCL (University College London) finds that baby and very young sauropods were critical to sustaining predators during the Late Jurassic. Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the…...
Tiny" dinosaur, big impact: 90-million-year-old fossil rewrites history
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (509+ words) New study says Alnashetri originated when the continents were still connected as the supercontinent Pangaea image: A new study of fossils from a bird-like dinosaur, called Alnashetri, provides new insight into how its lineage evolved, shrank and spread across the…...
Palaeontologists discover new long-necked dinosaur in Patagonia
4+ day, 40+ min ago (529+ words) A German-Argentine team of paleontologists led by SNSB dinosaur expert Oliver Rauhut has discovered a new long-necked dinosaur, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, from the Upper Jurassic period in Argentina, dating back approximately 155 million years. Long-necked dinosaur fossils from the Jurassic period in…...
The Greek Monkey Mystery: An Important Clue to Bronze Age World
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (571+ words) Ancient frescoes like that of the Greek monkeys on Santorini suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3, 600 years ago." By Tracie Mc Kinney &"Marie Nicole Pareja Cummings The wall paintings of Akrotiri were preserved by ash…...
10 Animals That Shaped Human Evolution
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (1330+ words) The story of human evolution is not solely our own. Throughout our species" developmental journey, countless animals have played crucial roles in shaping who we are today. From providing essential nutrition that fueled brain growth to serving as hunting partners…...
Boy Discovers Megalodon Remains, Potentially Millions of Years Old, Washed Up on Eastern State Shore
4+ week, 2+ day ago (395+ words) After years of searching with his dad, fifth-grader Jaxon Hinton uncovered a remarkably preserved prehistoric shark tooth estimated to be 18 million years old For as long as he can remember, Jaxon Hinton has spent weekends scanning the sandy shoreline of…...