News articles tagged with 'theropod'
The first single-fingered dinosaur
— 25 Jan 2011 20:02 | Geology and palaeontologyA new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China…
Meat-eating dinosaurs not so carnivorous after all
— 3 Jan 2011 17:05 | Geology and palaeontologyTyrannosaurus rex may have been a flesh-eating terror but many of his closest relatives were more content with vegetarian fare, a new analysis by Field Museum scientists has found.…
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…
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…
Field Museum palaeontologist leads study on two new dinosaurs from China
— 22 Apr 2009 15:22 | Geology and palaeontologyDuring the summers of 2006 and 2007, an international team of researchers from China and the United States excavated a treasure trove of dinosaur skeletons from Early Cretaceous rocks…
Polygamy, paternal care in birds linked to dinosaur ancestors
— 19 Dec 2008 13:20 | Geology and palaeontologySure, they're polygamous, but male emus and several other ground-dwelling birds also are devoted dads, serving as the sole incubators and caregivers to oversized broods from multiple…
T. rex 'followed its nose' while hunting
— 29 Oct 2008 11:54 | Geology and palaeontologyAlthough we know quite a bit about the lifestyle of dinosaur; where they lived, what they ate, how they walked, not much was known about their sense of smell, until now…
Unusual fish-eating dinosaur had crocodile-like skull
— 14 Jan 2008 17:16 | Geology and palaeontologyAn unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used…
Enormous new dinosaur
— 12 Dec 2007 02:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found have recently been recognised as representing a new species by a student working at the University of Bristol…
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