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A dinosaur fossil, given the name "Fujianvenator", is discovered in Fujian, China. The dinosaur has two legs and two other limbs, possibly wings, thereby giving insight into the evolution of birds.
2023-09-6

In a study published in the journal "Scientific Reports", researchers present a 125-million-year-old fossil from central China depicting a mammalian "Repenomamus robustus" hunting a dinosaur, "Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis", suggesting that small mammals may have actively hunted dinosaurs, not merely scavenged from them.
2023-07-18

In a report published in "Biology Letters", researchers reveal the first-known case of facultative parthenogenesis or a "virgin birth" in a crocodile, where a female American crocodile living in isolation at a Costa Rican zoo laid an egg of a fully formed stillborn crocodile that exhibited parthenogenesis. Researchers suggest that the findings could provide insights into the reproduction of crocodile ancestors, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
2023-06-7

Palaeontologists at the University of Southampton report the discovery of a new species of theropod dinosaur called "Vectaerovenator inopinatus" on the Isle of Wight, England. The species belongs to the same group as the "Tyrannosaurus" and modern-day birds. It lived roughly 115 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
2020-08-12

160 million-year-old fossil anurognathid pterosaurs are discovered that show feathery coverings, suggesting either deep common ancestry with theropod dinosaurs or independent coevolution.
2018-12-17

The journal "Scientific Reports" publishes research from a team, led by Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum's Stephen Poropat, reporting the discovery of a new Australian dinosaur species, "Savannasaurus elliottorum", using fossils first found in 2005 at Winton, Queensland, Australia.
2016-10-20

A beachgoer in Australia discovers dinosaur footprints believed to be around 130 million years old while combing the shore for shells.
2016-09-7

In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists unearth in Alberta, Canada and identify what may be the earliest known pachycephalosaur (bone-headed dinosaur), "Acrotholus audeti".
2013-05-7

Paeleoclimatology research published in "Current Biology" suggests that the greenhouse gas methane from dinosaur's flatulence may have warmed the Earth.
2012-05-7