Fossil discovery in India extends the timeline of early dinosaurs. Researchers have identified a new herrerasaurian dinosaur species, Maleriraptor kuttyi, from the Upper Maleri Formation in south-central India. phys.org/news/2025-05...

Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life. Using a sequence of footprints extending for 70m in Sichuan Province, China, scientists have generated a digital animation of the animal's movements, giving unprecedented insights into behavior and biomechanics. phys.org/news/2025-05...

Paleontologists identify 12 new dinosaur teeth in China's Nenjiang Formation. The Cretaceous dinosaurs were identified as belonging to five different taxa, including tyrannosaurids, dromaeosaurines, velociraptorines, hadrosauroids, and titanosaurs. phys.org/news/2025-05...

T. rex's direct ancestor crossed from Asia to North America, new study finds. Mathematical models suggest T rex may have evolved in North America but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago. phys.org/news/2025-05...

Exploring the diversity and disparity of rhabdodontomorph ornithopods from the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. The results of the study indicate greater diversity than currently recognized. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Huge fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs found in Texas national park. In March, students from Sul Ross State University went to Big Bend National Park for research and to collect a dinosaur bone belonging to Alamosaurus. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Deep learning-aided segmentation combined with finite element analysis reveals a more natural biomechanic of dinosaur fossil. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New drone-assisted 3D model offers a more accurate way to date dinosaur fossils. By mapping the sediments over a broad area of Dinosaur Provincial Park using drones, scientists have developed a more dependable dating method than previously employed phys.org/news/2025-04...

Air pockets found in bones of Alvarezsauridae skeleton for the first time. An Argentinian discovery (dated to 70Ma) represents the first known examples of a fossilized Alvarezsauridae skeleton with evidence of air pockets in its bones. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Bizarre-looking dinosaur challenges what we know about the evolution of fingers. It was previously assumed that the evolution of smaller arms in theropods was associated with a corresponding decrease in the number of fingers however this study suggests otherwise. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Footprints reveal prehistoric Scottish lagoons were stomping grounds for giant Jurassic dinosaurs. Up to 131 footprints have recently been discovered from a Middle Jurassic subtropical lagoon on Skye. Many occur together in sequential steps, the longest over 12 meters. phys.org/news/2025-04...

Giant claw unearthed in Mongolia belongs to a new species of two-fingered dinosaur. Fossilized remains unearthed more than a decade ago in Mongolia are identified as a two-clawed therizinosaur. They represent the largest three-dimensional preserved dinosaur claws found. phys.org/news/2025-03...

Oldest cerapodan ornithischian dinosaur discovered in Morocco. Found in a bed of Bathonian rock in the El Mers III Formation, near a dig site that had previously yielded the world's oldest ankylosaur. phys.org/news/2025-03...

Dinosaur tracks, made 140 million years ago, have been found for the first time in South Africa's Western Cape. Recently described early-Cretaceous dinosaur tracks are the first found in the Western Cape and likely the youngest from southern Africa. phys.org/news/2025-03...

Unnoticed for decades, dinosaur footprints at Australian school reveal ancient secrets. A slab of rock containing dozens of early Jurassic dinosaur tracks has been re-examined by palaeontologists. 66 separate track impressions were found on the slab. phys.org/news/2025-03...

Utah dig site reveals increased diversity of fossilized eggshells. They studyied more than 4,000 fossilized eggshell fragments, confirming at least six egg-laying species. The findings suggest that Cretaceous North America was more complex than previously thought. phys.org/news/2025-02...

New sauropod species from Romania transforms understanding of dinosaur island life in Europe. Two new late-Cretaceous sauropod species found in Romania suggest that there was a much more diversity of plant-eating dinosaurs in Europe at the time than previously thought. phys.org/news/2025-02...

Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show. Newly described theropod fossils show that carnivorous dinosaurs seen in South America also thrived in the Cretaceous of southeastern Australia. phys.org/news/2025-02...

New Australian dinosaurs and the oldest megaraptorid fossils in the world. Detailing the oldest megaraptorid and the first carcharodontosaurs in Australia. Offering evidence of interchange between Australia and South America through Antarctica during the Early Cretaceous. phys.org/news/2025-02...

Age and burial environment don't hinder soft tissue preservation in dinosaurs, study suggests. Analysis of four T rex specimens, one Brachylophosaurus canadensis and one ceratopsian all contained vessel remains although varying widely in quality. phys.org/news/2025-02...

Morphology of the maxilla informs about the type of predation strategy in the evolution of Abelisauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). This study suggest that Cretaceous abelisaurids can be considered specialist hunters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Taphonomic variation in vascular remains from Mesozoic non-avian dinosaurs. The identity and source of vascular-like components from non-avian dinosaur bones are debated. The results presented in this paper support an endogenetic origin for the structures. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tyrannosaur teeth discovered in Bexhill-on-Sea with help of retired quarryman. A study conducted by the University of Southampton reveals the presence of diverse theropod dinosaurs, including previously unidentified tyrannosaurs, in E Sussex, dating back 135 million years. phys.org/news/2024-12...

Fossilized dung reveals clues to dinosaur success story. Paleontologists from Uppsala University have examined hundreds of coprolites using advanced synchrotron imaging. By identifying undigested food remains, plants and prey, they have modelled Mesozoic ecosystems. phys.org/news/2024-11...

Parasaurolophus pipes: Modeling the dinosaur's crest to study its sound. phys.org/news/2024-11...

Ankylosaurid dinosaur, unearthed in China in 1986, identified as a new species. The relatively complete fossil consisted of a partial articulated skeleton minus the skull and mandible. Researchers found it to be a unique species which they named Huaxiazhoulong shouwen. phys.org/news/2024-11...

Paleontologists discover Saskatchewan's first Centrosaurus and Citipes elegans fossils. The first confirmed fossil specimens of Centrosaurus (a horned dinosaur species closely related to Triceratops) to be found in the region. phys.org/news/2024-11...

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If you’re in Bulawayo and fancy some lunchtime entertainment, Jonah Choiniere and me are giving a talk on our dino discoveries in Zimbabwe at the Natural History Museum today 🦖🦕🇿🇼 Also, hoping to record it and post publicly later …

Did the world's best-preserved dinosaurs really die in 'Pompeii-type' events? Exquisite preservation of features such as feathers and a lack of heat-induced pugilistic postures suggest otherwise - the most likey preservation causes being burrow collapses and sediment accumulation during wet periods.

Researchers piece together 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in South Dakota: palaeontologists from Missouri have made annual trips to dig up over 113 fossilized bones since the tip of a triceratops' horn was found in 2019. phys.org/news/2024-10...

Hong Kong discovers dinosaur fossils for the first time: representing a large Cretaceous dinosaur, the fossils were found on a remote uninhabited island that's part of a geopark. phys.org/news/2024-10...

Tracks left by a bird-sized dinosaur suggest it used wings to run faster: a trackway uncovered at a dig site in South Korea were notable because of the large distance between footprints relative to the size of the species in comparison to the muscles in its legs. phys.org/news/2024-10...

Smallest dinosaur egg ever found confirmed in China: representing a non-avian theropod and measuring just 29 mm, it was also the most complete of the group of 6 discovered together. phys.org/news/2024-10...

Fossil unearthed in Brazil is 237-million-year-old sister-group to Dinosauria: one of the oldest dinosauromorph fossils ever uncovered in South America, represesting a group of extinct Triassic reptiles that were related to dinosaurs. phys.org/news/2024-10...

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground: it's more energy efficient for emus to keep one foot on the ground when running at a moderate pace, and the same may have been true for dinosaurs. www.newscientist.com/article/2449...

As we've discontinued posting on twitter, here's a link to our news page where you can find a list of previously posted dinosaur related articles going back to 2019: www.dinosaursociety.com/category/din...

Qunkasaura: New sauropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous discovered in the Iberian Peninsula: a new species of sauropod that lived in Cuenca, Spain, 75 million years ago. phys.org/news/2024-09...

Plant-eating dinosaurs evolved backup teeth to eat tough food, research reveals: by the end of the Cretaceous, hadrosaurs would wear through their teeth in as little as 50 days. phys.org/news/2024-08...