Tag: Dinosaurs
Giant Austroraptor discovered in Argentina
The fossils of a newly discovered, meat-eating raptor dinosaur, one of the biggest and perhaps most recent to live in Argentina's Patagonia region 70 million years ago, have been presented at a Buenos Aires museum.[MORE]
Group prepares nation's largest dinosaur fossil collection
An outback Queensland group is preparing the largest collection of dinosaur-age fossils ever gathered in Australia. [MORE]
Foundation stone paves way for dinosaur museum
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer will unveil a foundation stone in outback Queensland today to mark the start of construction at a proposed dinosaur museum.[MORE]
Work starts on outback dinosaur museum
Work is underway at the site of a proposed multi-million dollar dinosaur museum in outback Queensland. [MORE]
Cape Otway fossil find challenges Gondwana theory
A dinosaur bone discovered in Cape Otway, south-west of Melbourne, has defied prevailing wisdom about how the world's continents separated from a super-continent millions of years ago, a new study said.[MORE]
Scientists searching for more dinosaur bones
Scientists from the Queensland Museum will today team up with volunteers for a two-week dinosaur dig in a fossil-rich region of outback Queensland. [MORE]
Ancient meteorite unsold, but dung snapped up
Some dinosaur dung has been snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold.[MORE]
Dinosaur toes visit Government House
Dinosaur toe bones and other fossils have been flown from outback Queensland to a dinosaur forum at Government House in Brisbane today. [MORE]
Dinosaur skeleton up for Paris auction
The rare skeleton of a triceratops is the star attraction at a Christie's auction in Paris, and only the second dinosaur fossil of this size ever to go under the hammer.[MORE]
Stinking seas not to blame for mass extinctions: scientists
Scientists say they have ruled out a key hypothesis to explain Earth's greatest extinction, when 95 per cent of marine species and 70 per cent of land species were wiped out.[MORE]
Newly discovered dinosaurs enter Sydney
Sydneysiders will become the first Australians to see the skeletons of a number of recently discovered dinosaurs tomorrow, when a new permanent exhibition opens at the Australian Museum. [MORE]
'Missing link' crocodile fossil found
Brazilian paleontologists say they have found the fossil of a new species of prehistoric predator that represented a 'missing link' to modern-day crocodiles.[MORE]
Overseas interest shown in dinosaur museum
The developers of a multi-million dollar dinosaur museum proposed for western Queensland say the project is already attracting international interest.[MORE]
Fossil suggests platypus lived in dinosaur times
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Scientists have discovered that the platypus may have been around since dinosaur times.[MORE]
Dinosaurs had teen pregnancies: study
Dinosaurs reached sexual maturity long before they were fully grown, becoming pregnant in their early adolescence, a study has found.[MORE]
Mummified dinosaur reveals surprises
A partially mummified hadrosaur discovered by a teenager in the US may be the most complete dinosaur ever found, with intact skin that shows evidence of stripes and perhaps soft tissue, researchers say.[MORE]
Dinosaur bones found at Gippsland desal site
Ancient dinosaur fossils have been found near a Wonthaggi beach where Victoria's proposed desalination plant is to be built.[MORE]
Gippsland footprint belongs to tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur
United States researchers have confirmed a fossil footprint found this year in South Gippsland, in south-east Victoria, is that of a large carnivorous dinosaur similar to the tyrannosaurus.[MORE]
Monster sea scorpion was 'bigger than man'
Researchers have discovered the giant fossilised claw of an ancient sea scorpion that in its heyday hundreds of millions of years ago would have been some 2.5 metres long.[MORE]
Killer dinosaurs breathed like birds: study
Small, fast-moving carnivorous dinosaurs had air-sac respiratory systems similar to modern-day penguins and other diving birds, scientists reported.[MORE]
China builds 1.5km dam to protect dinosaur site
China has built a large earth dam to protect a dinosaur fossil site from being washed away by floods, state media said.[MORE]
Velociraptor had feathers: study
The velociraptor, the fierce scaly-skinned dinosaur made popular by the film Jurassic Park, actually had feathers, according to a study published in the journal Science.[MORE]
Distant space collision meant doom for dinosaurs
A collision 160 million years ago of two asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter sent many big rock chunks hurtling toward Earth, including the one that zapped the dinosaurs, scientists say.[MORE]
Scientists find ancient marsupial jaw bone in Blue Mountains
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a jaw bone belonging to one of the largest known extinct marsupials.[MORE]
Fossils show dinosaurs rose gradually: study
Fossils found in the United States show dinosaurs lived alongside their ancestors for tens of millions of years, disproving long-held theories assuming they quickly replaced their predecessors, according to a new study.[MORE]
