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Getty Images – STOCK (ZIMBABWE) — A remarkable fossil finding in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has led to a new dinosaur species being named by researchers: Musankwa sanyatiensis. The fossilized remains of the species’ single hind leg, including its thigh, shin, and ankle bones were discovered embedded into a rock in the lake’s shoreline, according […]
NM Department of Cultural Affairs (NEW YORK) — Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur that could be the closest-known relative of the famed Tyrannosaurus rex. The jaw of the dinosaur was found in 1983 by civilians boating in the Elephant Butte reservoir in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Spencer Lucas, curator of paleontology at […]
Courtesy of Sotheby’s (NEW YORK) — A pair of dinosaur fossils of species that roamed the Earth millions of years ago are expected to garner millions in an upcoming auction. The pterandon, described as one of the “largest” and “most fearsome species ever to roam Earth,” is predicted to fetch between $4 million and $6 million […]
Hillary Kladke/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fossil fragments found in Spain are pointing to a new species of dinosaur, researchers said. Scientists have proposed a new species of spinosaurid after studying the specimen, which includes a right jaw bone, one tooth and five vertebrate, found in the Arcillas de Morella Formation in Castellon, Spain, in […]
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