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Not hard, not soft, the earliest dino eggs may have been of a 'leathery' texture to protect against damage: study
In a recent revelation shaking the foundations of paleontology, researchers discovered that the ini…
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Massive 122-million-year-old sauropod unearthed in Spain likely a key puzzle piece in dinosaur evolution
Named the Garumbatitan morellensis, meaning "giant of the Garumba," this herbivorous quadruped cons…
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A man stumbled upon a 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil but kept it secret for 2 years
A man in France found a massive and rare dinosaur skeleton while walking his dog.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Dinosaur footprints from more than 100 million years ago were accidentally discovered by customer eating at a restaurant in China
"Sauropod tracks are not rare in Sichuan Basin … but they are very rare[ly] found in restaurants in…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Only 5 feet down under, a dinosaur graveyard turned up in Australia. It's sparking a paleontological revolution in the country.
A farmer in Australia dug deeper than ever before and found a dinosaur graveyard resting 5 feet und…
Jessica Orwig
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A man discovered a gigantic dinosaur skeleton in his backyard, and it could be one of Europe's biggest finds
Researchers believe the ribcage and vertebrae unearthed so far belong to a brachiosaur sauropod, am…
Mia Jankowicz
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Paleontologists dismayed after 112-million-year-old dinosaur footprints were damaged by botched construction job
The Bureau of Land Management, which ordered the construction, acknowledged it failed to take prope…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A 193-million-year old nesting ground with more than 100 dinosaur eggs offers evidence they lived in herds
Paleontologists found 100 eggs and 80 skeletons from a dinosaur called Mussaurus at a site in Patag…
Aylin Woodward
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Discovered in Australia, 'the southern titan' - a 16 foot tall dinosaur almost the length of a Boeing 737 - has been classified as a new species
The skeleton was discovered in 2007 and is now a new classified species called Australotitan cooper…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Explorers in Antarctica found the largest soft-shelled egg ever seen. It may have come from an ancient reptile that preyed on sharks.
Researchers think the creature that laid the egg, which is about 66 million years old, was more tha…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists crowned the world's longest dinosaur — a Supersaurus longer than 3 school buses from nose to tail
Supersaurus was likely the world's longest dinosaur — around 137 feet, on average, from nose to tai…
Aria Bendix
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Massive dinosaur footprints found in Scotland could shed light into a little-understood time period
"This new site records two different types of dinosaurs - long-necked cousins of Brontosaurus and s…
Jeremy Berke
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This is how big the dinosaurs in 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' are compared to humans
*Note that all of the numbers in this graphic, which are taken from a series of dinosaur sizes prov…
Jenny Cheng,Jessica Orwig
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Early dinosaurs laid leathery, soft-shelled eggs, new research shows — shattering our understanding of dinosaur evolution
Until now, all dinosaur eggs found around the world have had hard shells, suggesting that these ani…
Aylin Woodward
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One of the largest-ever dinosaur footprints has just been unearthed in the desert
And last August, researchers found the largest-ever carnivorous dinosaur prints in Bolivia. The pri…
Lindsay Dodgson
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The largest dinosaur footprint ever found has been discovered in 'Australia's Jurassic Park'
The University of Queensland researchers were brought in more than five years ago by the abori…
Kevin Loria
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A new theory could overturn one of the most central 'facts' about dinosaurs
But Baron and his co-authors decided to take another look at the simple division that has defined t…
Kevin Loria
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The biggest dinosaurs of all time
But it was the sauropods, like Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, and Brachiosaurus, who reached enormous pr…
Uma Sharma,Shira Polan
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There's a wall in Bolivia that's covered in thousands of dinosaur footprints, and it's becoming a major tourist attraction
Then, you're taken through the cliff with your guide who explains the history behind the Sauropod (…
Talia Avakian
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The tallest lifeforms of all time
The key to growing tall is how you use your energy. That's why the tallest trees outrank any animal…