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Paleontologists Discover New Species of Titanosaur in Uruguay | Sci.News
53+ min ago (98+ words) Paleontologists in Uruguay have identified a new species of aeolosaurine titanosaur from a pair of remarkably well-preserved tailbones unearthed in the 1980s near the Uruguay River....
South Dakota T. rex could bring $30 million or more at auction on Tuesday
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (697+ words) (South Dakota News Watch)– A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered on a ranch in western South Dakota will be auctioned off in New York City on Tuesday with a possible sale price of $30 million or more. The 38-foot long skeleton, nicknamed…...
Call to display Rutland Sea Dragon fossil rejected
55+ min ago (371+ words) A council has rejected calls to reconsider its decision not to display a huge fossil which was found beside a reservoir The Rutland Sea Dragon - a 180-million-year-old ichthyosaur - made headlines when it was unveiled in 2021 as the largest and most…...
T. Rex 'Gus' Could Make History at Auction
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (290+ words) One of the most complete T. rex fossils ever discovered is about to hit the auction block, with the potential to become the most expensive dinosaur ever sold. Dubbed "Gus,"... T. Rex 'Gus' Could Make History at Auction One of the most…...
Scientists Needed Just One Bone to Identify a Brand-New Giant Dinosaur Species Never Seen Before in Thailand
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (520+ words) Most dinosaur discoveries rely on dozens of bones. This one didn't. A fossil from Thailand has revealed something researchers had never formally identified before. A single fossil from northeastern Thailand has led scientists to identify a brand-new species of long-necked…...
You can own a real T Rex named Gus for £23,000,000
10+ hour ago (803+ words) If you’ve ever thought that a Tyrannosaurus Rex would really complete your living room, do we have some good news for you. The New York auction house Sotheby’s has put a near-complete fossil of the dinosaur up for action. ‘Gus…...
Meet the 300,000-year-old world's smallest cat fossil found in China that surprised scientists
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (481+ words) Rest of World News: Scientists in China just found something amazing. It's the world's smallest cat fossil found in China, and it belongs to a brand-new species of extinc. Scientists in China just found something amazing It's the world's smallest…...
Birds are not descended from dinosaurs — they are dinosaurs, a living branch of the theropod family that survived the asteroid and now fills the world with more than 10,000 species
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (138+ words) The pigeon on the windowsill is a dinosaur. Not the descendant of one. One....
Around 252 million years ago, volcanoes across what is now Siberia erupted repeatedly for more than a million years, releasing perhaps 100,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and helping wipe out roughly 90 per cent of marine species in the deadliest mass extinction Earth has ever known
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (367+ words) The end-Permian extinction was not a single volcano exploding on one bad day. It was a long volcanic province, a changing climate system, and a marine...
Scientists analysed 200 ancient fossil teeth from China, and they suggest mammals grew bigger before they evolved better bites after the dinosaurs vanished
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (610+ words) Scientists analysed 200 ancient fossil teeth from China, and they suggest mammals grew bigger before they The Times of India...