Dinosaur Discoveries and New Species

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (840+ words) A bizarre belemnite fossil from Wyoming has been identified as a new species, revealing the thickest known member of this ancient squid relative group. There’s a fossil in a Wyoming museum drawer that spent two decades being, essentially, a mystery…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (452+ words) A routine mining survey in China turned into something no one on the team was prepared for: a dinosaur fossil that had been hiding underground for 115 million years. What they found next left even the experts divided. A copper mineral…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (813+ words) Paleontology can be quite physical. In 2016, David DeMar was doing field work in the rocky badlands of Montana in what's known as the Hell Creek Formation. "We all get down on our hands and knees," he recalls. "And I start…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (310+ words) Birds evolved from dinosaurs. They share a common ancestor and physical traits — some dinosaurs even had feathers. But while these dinosaurs are thought to have had "fuzzy" or "downy" feathers, ancient birds were more likely to have had feathers that…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (149+ words) Scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and Liverpool John Moores University have announced the discovery of the first known adult Tyrannos 2026-09-10 · By James Rivera Produced by our editorial team, with AI assistance in editing. The Houthi movement…...

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2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (874+ words) This fossilized feather dates back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous. "It is, without a doubt, the best feather we've ever found from the age of dinosaurs," says Jingmai O'Connor, an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (59+ words) The Times Feathers found in dinosaur dung shine light on 66million-year-old mystery Extraordinarily well-preserved fossil may help explain why just one group of birds survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs £1 for 3 months Enjoy unlimited access to all…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (257+ words) A preserved feather provides some essential clues 10:00 AM CDT on September 10, 2026 Paleontologists from the U.S. and China formed a hypothesis based on a fossilized poop, or coprolite, from a theropod dinosaur, found in Montana. Inside the poop were tiny, perfectly preserved…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (339+ words) inkorr.com Rare 66-Million-Year-Old Adult T. rex Footprints Discovered in North Dakota Remarkable T. rex Trackway Unearthed Paleontologists working in North Dakota have uncovered a unique set of fossilized footprints belonging to an adult Tyrannosaurus rex, dating back approximately 66.5 million years within…...