Tag: Dinosaurs
Impact that killed the dinosaurs triggered “mega-earthquake”
66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs.
New Theory Explains Possible Origin of the Armageddon-Causing Object That Killed the Dinosaurs
The enduring puzzle: Where did the asteroid or comet originate, and how did it come to strike Earth? Now, a pair of researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian believe they have the answer.
T. Rex Had Huge Growth Spurts, But Other Dinos Grew “Slow and Steady”
Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs of all time--it measured up to 42 feet long from snout to tail and would have weighed in at around 16,000 pounds.
Fossils Reveal Mammals Mingled in Age of Dinosaurs
The fossil remains of several small mammals discovered in tightly packed clusters in western Montana provide the earliest evidence of social behavior in mammals, according to a new study co-authored by a Yale scientist.
Cracking the Secrets of Dinosaur Eggshells
Since the famous discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert in the early 1920s, the fossilized remains have captured the imaginations of paleontologists and the public, alike.
Palaeontologists Establish Spinosaurus Was Real Life ‘River Monster’
A discovery of more than a thousand dinosaur teeth, by a team of researchers from the University of Portsmouth, proves beyond reasonable doubt that Spinosaurus, the giant predator made famous by the movie Jurassic Park III as well as the BBC documentary Planet Dinosaur was an enormous river-monster.