SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—For years, the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits what’s left of the money created by the sale of Sue. Fossil hunters discovered the skeleton in 1990 on property owned by Maurice […]
Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University of Lisbon researchers said. Fossilized fragments from the dinosaur were first discovered in 2017 by a property owner in the city of Pombal in central Portugal while doing construction work. […]
BUENOS AIRES—Paleontologists on Thursday heralded the discovery of a previously unknown small armored dinosaur in southern Argentina, a creature that likely walked upright on its back legs roaming a then-steamy landscape about 100 million years ago. The Cretaceous Period dinosaur, named Jakapil kaniukura, would have been well-protected with rows of bony disk-shaped armor along its […]
In this episode of Dino Hunter, Jeremy visits with paleontologist Dr. Art Chadwick at the Dinosaur Research Project in eastern Wyoming, one of the largest dig sites in the world. Jeremy will learn the high tech methods Dr. Chadwick and his team use for logging each bone and creating a 3D map of each quarry. […]
Scientists are celebrating the first discovery of a dinosaur preserved while sitting on a nest of eggs with fossilized embryos, including at least three that were visible. The oviraptorosaur fossil was uncovered from rocks that are 70 million years old in Ganzhou city, China, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) said in a news […]
The sale of one of the world’s most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons smashed auction estimates, when it sold for $31.8 million at a Christie’s auction on Tuesday night. The sale set a new world record for any dinosaur skeleton or fossil ever sold at auction. STAN the T. rex, named after the paleontologist who first […]
One of the world’s most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons is up for sale. STAN the T. rex, named after the paleontologist who first discovered his bones, walked the earth some 67 million years ago. Now his skeleton will be displayed at Christie’s in New York prior to auction on Oct. 6, with an estimate of […]
HELENA, Mont.—Dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on a Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land’s surface rights, not the owners of the mineral rights, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The June 17 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2016 decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Watters […]
A new kind of duck-billed dinosaur has been discovered in Japan. The largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in the country was hiding underneath 72 million-year-old marine deposits in the town of Mukawa, according to Hokkaido University. First, part of the dinosaur’s tail was discovered during a joint excavation carried out by the Hobetsu Museum and […]
PARIS—The thigh bone of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwestern France where remains of some of the largest animals that ever lived on land have been dug up since 2010.
A University of California student has discovered a 65 million-year-old dinosaur skull in a remote area of North Dakota. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California, Merced, unearthed the partial Triceratops skull on a recent paleontology dig, according to a July 24 press release. “I can’t quite express my excitement in that moment when we uncovered […]
A herd of fossilized dinosaur remains have been recovered from an Australian Outback for the first time in the nation’s history. The University of New England’s Armidale campus led a team of researchers to an underground opal mine near Lightning Ridge, 356 km (220 miles) north of Dubbo in northwest New South Wales. Researchers excavated a total of […]
Dinosaur’s Irish Dance Won Gold Trophy A dancing “Tyrannosaurus rex” and its partner won first place in a charity competition—the 2018 RTN American Nationals held on July 21. Liam and Tatiana are from Flying Irish Dancers, an Irish dance school based in Massachusetts. The dance was choreographed and filmed by the school’s artistic director Mary-Sarah […]
Mexico’s arid desert area has revealed the well-preserved complete skeleton of a new marine reptile that is reportedly 93 million years old, displaying such details of tissue mass and scales previously unseen in other fossils. The reptile, christened the Mauriciosaurus fernandezi, was discovered in 2011 by former mayor Mauricio Fernandez in Vallecillo in northeastern Mexico, […]
