Ancient ‘ostrich-like’ creature — 73 million years old — found as new species in Mexico
Now, more than a decade later, new analysis of the fossils has found that they belong to a new 73-million-year-old species, according to a study published Jan. 28 in the peer-reviewed journal ...
New genus and species within Ornithomimidae dinosaur family identified in Mexico
A team of geologists, paleontologists, and climate scientists with members from institutions in Mexico, the U.S., and Spain ...
The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Not Have Been As Deadly as We Thought
Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...
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73 million-year-old dinosaur remains with extremely long hands stuns explorers
A new genus and species of Ornithomimidae, Mexidracon longimanus, has been identified from the ornithomimosaur material.
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Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest
Many think dinosaurs first emerged on land well south of the equator that now forms part of Argentina and Zimbabwe, but they ...
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New evidence suggests sulfur's role in dinosaur extinction was overstated
Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10–15 kilometers in diameter, struck the Yucatán Peninsula (in current-day Mexico), creating a 200-kilometer-wide ...