Last dinosaurs' footprints dating back to 110 million yrs discovered on UK cliffs: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Last dinosaurs' footprints dating back to 110 million yrs discovered on UK cliffs: Report

India Today  

Footprints of at least six different species of dinosaur the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago have been found in Kent, a new report by researchers has claimed. “This is the first time dinosaur footprints have been found in strata known as the ‘Folkestone Formation’ and it’s quite an extraordinary discovery because these dinosaurs would have been the last to roam in this country before becoming extinct,” said David Martill, Professor of Palaeobiology, at the University of Portsmouth. The footprints are from a variety of dinosaurs, which shows there was a relatively high diversity of dinosaurs in southern England at the end of the Early Cretaceous period, 110 million years ago. READ: Dinosaur bones dating back to 100 million years found in Meghalaya ALSO READ: New dinosaur species discovered in Australia: Meet Cooper, the largest dinosaur to roam the continent

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Teeth find shows meat-eating dinosaurs roamed East Sussex 135 million yeas ago
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Teeth find shows meat-eating dinosaurs roamed East Sussex 135 million yeas ago

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The discovery of sets of prehistoric teeth has revealed that groups …

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research. “One of the youngest and narrowest geological connections between Africa and South America was the elbow …

10-year-old’s curiosity leads to discovery of ancient dinosaur footprints on a beach
4 months ago

10-year-old’s curiosity leads to discovery of ancient dinosaur footprints on a beach

Hindustan Times  

When roaming on the beach, many of us have a habit of picking up shells and stones. However, her curiosity actually led to the discovery of five huge footprints that experts believe belonged to a Camelotia dinosaur that lived there more than 200 million years ago. The massive footprints Tegan found are thought to have been formed 200 million years …

The very first dinosaur was named 200 years ago – just don’t call it a lizard
10 months, 1 week ago

The very first dinosaur was named 200 years ago – just don’t call it a lizard

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Where was YOUR home at the time of the dinosaurs? Check out this map
1 year, 7 months ago

Where was YOUR home at the time of the dinosaurs? Check out this map

Daily Mail  

Let's be honest, we've all wondered it. Cryogenian period - 750 million years ago Ediacaran period - 600 million years ago Early Cambrian - 540 million years ago Late Cambrian - 500 million years ago Ordovician period - 470 million years ago Late Ordovician - 450 million years ago Silurian period - 430 million years ago Devonian period - 400 …

Massive dinosaur footprint - over three feet long - found in UK's Yorkshire
1 year, 10 months ago

Massive dinosaur footprint - over three feet long - found in UK's Yorkshire

Hindustan Times  

A major paleontological find in the county of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom has sparked excitement among scientists worldwide - a nearly metre-long footprint of a large dinosaur that emerged in Burniston Bay near the town of Scarborough, on what is referred to as the UK's 'dinosaur coast'. The footprint was found by local researcher Marie Woods in April 2021. …

100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research
2 years ago

100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research

CNN  

CNN — The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as a breakthrough that may provide vital clues about prehistoric life. “We have never found a body and a head together and this could hold the key to future research in this field,” Knutsen said in a statement Wednesday that confirmed …

Europe's largest meat-eating dinosaur found on Isle of Wight
2 years, 6 months ago

Europe's largest meat-eating dinosaur found on Isle of Wight

The Hindu  

Fossilized bones discovered on a rocky seashore on England's Isle of Wight are the remains of a meat-eating dinosaur that may be larger than any other known from Europe, a beast that was a cousin of the biggest carnivorous dinosaur species on record. Palaeontologists said on Thursday they have found parts of the skeleton of the dinosaur, which lived about …

'Staggering': 45 new dinosaur species have been discovered every year since 2003
3 years ago

'Staggering': 45 new dinosaur species have been discovered every year since 2003

Hindustan Times  

Paleontologists have discovered 42 new dinosaur species this year. The paleontologists have discovered 45 new dinosaur species every year since 2003, according to National Geographic. Tom Holtz, who maintains a database of new dinosaur discoveries, told National Geographic that the increased pace of discovery is because “more parts of the world is being investigated”. National Geographic also listed some of …

Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile
3 years ago

Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile

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Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile
3 years ago

Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Not all two-legged dinosaurs were like the lumbering Tyrannosaurus rex. An analysis of dinosaur tracks from 120 million years ago unearthed in Spain adds to growing evidence that these meat-eating prehistoric beasts belonging to the same group as T.rex could be highly agile. The findings, published Thursday in Scientific Reports, reveal one of the fastest known sets …

UK Scientists Discover the Oldest Meat-eating Dinosaur Species in Wales
3 years, 2 months ago

UK Scientists Discover the Oldest Meat-eating Dinosaur Species in Wales

News 18  

Scientists in England have discovered a fossil of an ancient carnivorous dinosaur which is one of the oldest meat-eating species. Pendraig translates to “chief dragon” in middle Welsh and milnerae honours the late Angela Milner, who was a revered member of the Natural History Museum’s dinosaur gallery and a researcher. A team of five researchers from the UK’s Natural History …

Scientists Discover New Dinosaurs Species In UK That Hunted On Land And In Water
3 years, 2 months ago

Scientists Discover New Dinosaurs Species In UK That Hunted On Land And In Water

News 18  

The remains of ancient dinosaurs that walked the earth continue to surprise scientists and a recent discovery of a fossil in Britain’s Isle of Wight has brought a new species to light. A recent study published in the Scientific Reports on Wednesday has shared its findings after analysing the fossilised remains of a dinosaur, nicknamed “the horned crocodile-faced hell heron.” …

150 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints 'Stolen' In Rajasthan, Scientists Baffled
3 years, 3 months ago

150 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints 'Stolen' In Rajasthan, Scientists Baffled

News 18  

In 2014, Rajasthan University organized the 9th International Congress on the Jurassic System, where the possibility that dinosaurs once roamed in Rajasthan was discussed, followed by a search of evidence in the hills of Thaiyat village. A team of 20 researchers confirmed their theory when they found dinosaur footprints there. The dinosaur footprints, almost 150 million old, were allegedly stolen …

Retired science teacher finds 130-million-year-old dinosaur tracks next to Broome boat ramp
3 years, 5 months ago

Retired science teacher finds 130-million-year-old dinosaur tracks next to Broome boat ramp

ABC  

Dinosaur experts say a pair of 130-million-year-old tracks next to a popular Broome boat ramp show the footprints of a brontosaurus-type dinosaur next to a tyrannosaurus-type dinosaur, and has never been documented previously. Key points: A set of dinosaur tracks have been documented for the first time near a Broome boat ramp The theropod and sauropod tracks are about 130 …

First Tyrannosaurus rex to be exhibited in England for more than a century
3 years, 5 months ago

First Tyrannosaurus rex to be exhibited in England for more than a century

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rachael Evans, Nottingham City Museums’s development manager said: “Coming face to face with an …

Footprints of Possibly the Last Dinosaurs That Walked on UK Soil 110 Million Years Ago Found
3 years, 6 months ago

Footprints of Possibly the Last Dinosaurs That Walked on UK Soil 110 Million Years Ago Found

News 18  

Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago have been found in Kent, a new report by researchers has claimed. The discovery of dinosaur footprints by a curator from Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and a scientist from the University of Portsmouth is the last record …

Dinosaur footprints reveal behaviour of prehistoric animals living near Winton 95 million years ago
3 years, 6 months ago

Dinosaur footprints reveal behaviour of prehistoric animals living near Winton 95 million years ago

ABC  

Newly published research on a 54-metre-long site of dinosaur footprints in outback Queensland has revealed the extent of the region's biodiversity 95 million years ago. Key points: The site preserves tracks from prehistoric animals living near Winton 95 million years ago It includes footprints from three different types of dinosaurs, plus crocodyliforms and turtles Paleontologist Stephen Poropat says it was …

Introducing Australotitan: Australia's largest dinosaur was as big as two buses combined
3 years, 6 months ago

Introducing Australotitan: Australia's largest dinosaur was as big as two buses combined

Firstpost  

Nicknamed Cooper, it lived in southwest Queensland between 92–96 million years ago, when Australia was attached to Antarctica. Our study published in the journal PeerJ documents Australotitan cooperensis – Australia’s largest dinosaur species ever discovered, and the largest land-dwelling species to have walked the outback. Thousands of kilograms bones in a backpack We needed to compare Cooper’s bones to all …

New dinosaurs species, found in 2007, largest in Australia, say researchers
3 years, 6 months ago

New dinosaurs species, found in 2007, largest in Australia, say researchers

Hindustan Times  

A new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2007, has been classified as the largest dinosaur ever found in Australia by the researchers in a study. Australotitan is now the largest known species from Australia, Rochelle Lawrence, senior research assistant, and Scott Hocknull, senior curator, geosciences at Queensland Museum, who were part of the study said. "Say hello to Australia’s largest …

New dinosaur species discovered in Australia: Meet Cooper, the largest dinosaur to roam the continent
3 years, 6 months ago

New dinosaur species discovered in Australia: Meet Cooper, the largest dinosaur to roam the continent

India Today  

A new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Australian outback and is being touted as the largest to ever roam on the continent. "Based on the preserved limb size comparisons, this new titanosaur is estimated to be in the top five largest in the world," AFP quoted Robyn Mackenzie, a director of the Eromanga Natural History Museum. "Using 3-D …

Britain’s most fantastic fossil finds, from dinosaur firsts to female pioneers
3 years, 8 months ago

Britain’s most fantastic fossil finds, from dinosaur firsts to female pioneers

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Archaeologist Marie Woods stumbled on the massive fossil – dating back 175 million years …

Fossil Hunters in England Unearth Bones of New Dinosaur Species, Cousin to T.Rex
4 years, 4 months ago

Fossil Hunters in England Unearth Bones of New Dinosaur Species, Cousin to T.Rex

News 18  

Four bones found on a beach on the Isle of Wight, off England’s south coast, belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur, the group that includes Tyrannosaurus rex, researchers at the University of Southampton said on Wednesday. The new dinosaur, which has been named Vectaerovenator inopinatus, lived in the Cretaceous period 115 million years ago and was estimated to …

Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Scotland Offer Insight into Jurassic Period
6 years, 8 months ago

Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Scotland Offer Insight into Jurassic Period

CNN  

Rare dinosaur footprints discovered in Scotland shed light on the middle Jurassic period. The study, published in the Scottish Journal of Geology, revealed 50 new dinosaur footprints left 170 million years ago in the Isle of Skye, northwest of Scotland. The footprints, belonging to two dinosaurs – a hefty long-necked sauropod and a sharp-toothed theropod, provide valuable insights into the …

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