News articles tagged with 'Jurassic'
New 'thunder-thighs' dinosaur discovered
— 23 Feb 2011 17:28 | Geology and palaeontologyA new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or 'thunder-thighs' after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper…
Dino-era sex riddle solved by new fossil find
— 21 Jan 2011 18:50 | Geology and palaeontologyThe discovery of an ancient fossil, nicknamed 'Mrs T,' has allowed scientists for the first time to sex pterodactyls - flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs between 220-65…
Morrison Natural History Museum discovers baby sauropod tracks
— 2 Nov 2010 12:57 | Geology and palaeontologyStaff at the Morrison Natural History Museum have again discovered infant dinosaur footprints in the foothills west of Denver, Colorado, near the town of Morrison. Dating from the Late…
Dinosaur research: Chew and stay small
— 11 May 2010 20:29 | Geology and palaeontologyWhy were the sauropod dinosaurs able to get so much larger than today's terrestrial animals? A research group led by the University of Bonn seems to have solved this puzzle. According…
New dinosaur from Utah's red rocks
— 24 Mar 2010 12:43 | Geology and palaeontologyUtah's red rocks - world-famous attractions at numerous national parks, monuments and state parks - have yielded a rare skeleton of a new species of plant-eating dinosaur that lived…
GW research team's dinosaur discovery helps solve piece of evolutionary puzzle
— 29 Jan 2010 14:08 | Geology and palaeontologyA George Washington University expedition to the Gobi Desert of China has enabled researchers to solve the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds independent of…
Floral changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary linked to extensive volcanism
— 13 Jul 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyThe turnover of land plants in Europe at the boundary of the Triassic and Jurassic periods, 200 million years ago, was driven by environmental changes triggered by massive volcanic…
Bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution
— 17 Jun 2009 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists from The George Washington University and the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology in Beijing have discovered a unique…
New bizarre feathered dinosaur discovered in China
— 22 Oct 2008 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyA new stage in the early history of birds is published in the most recent issue of the journal Nature (online 22 October). The discovery of a bizarre feathered dinosaur, named Epidexipteryx…
Researchers find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula
— 21 May 2008 22:04 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the 21 May issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well…