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The Coelacanth A Living Fossil From the Depths
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (193+ words) In the mysterious depths of the ocean, where sunlight struggles to penetrate and strange creatures dwell, there exists a remarkable fish thought to be long extinct: the Coelacanth. Often heralded as a "living fossil," the Coelacanth has fascinated scientists and…...
Durango’s famous dino sculpture rears its head
1+ week, 5+ day ago (936+ words) A dinosaur head sculpture thought lost to the halls of history reappeared at The Durango Herald offices last month, resurrecting a scandal that once shook Durango like thunderous footsteps of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. A benefactor delivered the sculpture along…...
Rare near-complete dinosaur skull soon to go on display
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (585+ words) A rare dinosaur skull will soon go on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but the fossil will not be on view for long. The near-complete skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a dome-headed herbivore from the Cretaceous Period…...
Study finds Tyrannosaurus rex did not reach full size until age 40
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (185+ words) WASHINGTON" There is no question that Tyrannosaurus rex got big. In fact, this fearsome dinosaur may have been Earth's most massive land predator of all time. But the question of how quickly T. rex achieved its maximum size has been a…...
Fossil analysis changes what paleontologists know about how long T. rex took to grow full size
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (622+ words) Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study. Scientists have long counted annual growth rings in fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex leg bones to calculate both their age at…...
It took the fearsome T rex 40 years to reach its full size, study finds
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (471+ words) T rexes grew much more slowly than previously thought, taking several decades to reach their full size of around eight tonnes, a comprehensive new fossil study revealed. Until now, researchers counted annual growth rings " similar to tree rings " inside fossil…...
T-rex could beat Usain Bolt's 100m world record as experts reveal 'stomp' truth
3+ week, 3+ day ago (500+ words) THE T-REX ran faster than previously believed and probably would have beaten Usain Bolt in a 100m sprint, a shock new study reveals. It all comes down to new findings about the way this lethal dinosaur raced across Earth to catch…...
Large shinbone found in New Mexico belongs to close kin of T. rex
1+ week, 3+ day ago (671+ words) WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - A new analysis of a large shinbone unearthed in a remote spot in northwestern New Mexico in the 1970s shows it belongs to a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that predated that huge meat-eating dinosaur by several million…...
Duck-Billed Dinosaur Fossil Shows Direct Evidence of Tyrannosaur Attack | Sci.News
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (426+ words) A semi-complete skull of an adult Edmontosaurus at Montana State's Museum of the Rockies preserves a fleeting moment from the Late Cretaceous: a tyrannosaur biting into a duck-billed dinosaur's face. A Tyrannosaurus attacking an adult Edmontosaurus. Image credit: Jenn Hall....
How Volcanoes, Quakes, and Ice Ages Rewrote the Prehistoric Map of Life
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (239+ words) Home " Climate " How Volcanoes, Quakes, and Ice Ages Rewrote the Prehistoric Map of Life Researchers have now discovered that this extinction took place during a short ice age which preceded the global climate warming. It's the first time that the…...