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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

Research shows that fossil bones of the "Perucetus colossus" whale discovered in Peru could indicate that it was the heaviest animal to have ever existed.
2023-08-3

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

A study in "Science Advances" reveals that Chilean Antarctic Institute scientists have discovered fossils from an unprecedented herbivorous hadrosaur called "Gonkoken nanoi", which inhabited Patagonia 72 million years ago.
2023-06-16

Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdom, discover the fossils of a herbivorous dinosaur species named "Vectipelta barretti" on the Isle of Wight. The ankylosaur, with "blade-like spiked armor", is the first of its kind found on the island in 142 years and will be added to the collection at Dinosaur Isle for public display during the summer.
2023-06-15

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

The oldest fossil (stromatolite) that had life is discovered in the melting snow at the Isua Greenstone Belt of Greenland.
2016-08-31

Scientist find a rare dinosaur egg with the remaining fossil of an embryo in China.
2013-04-11