Science news articles about 'carnivorous dinosaurs'

  • Largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain described

    ... , with other similar samples. The palaeontologists have concluded that this is the largest tooth of a carnivorous dinosaur to have been found to date in Spain. The features and size of the 9.83cm ...
  • PHOTO IN THE NEWS: Birdlike Dinosaur Eggs Found

    The first evidence of a nest from a carnivorous dinosaur related to birds has been discovered by a Canadian paleontology team.
  • Dinosaur dads watched over eggs

    In families of some of the most vicious and carnivorous dinosaurs, dad took care of the developing eggs, possibly laid by more than one mom, a new study suggests.
  • Mini dinosaurs prowled North America

    ... associate in the University of Calgary's Department of Biological Sciences. "Small carnivorous dinosaurs seemed to be completely absent from the environment, which seemed bizarre because today the ...
  • Beaked, bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution

    ... stones suggest that it was a plant-eater, though it is related to carnivorous dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur's hand is unusual and provides surprising new insights into a long-standing ...
  • Down Under dinosaur burrow discovery provides climate change clues

    ... is known for detecting subtle paleontology clues. He also identified the first tracks of a large, carnivorous dinosaur in Victoria, and the first fossil crayfish burrows from the same area. Martin ...
  • T.rex 'followed its nose' while hunting

    ... Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum are providing new insight into the sense of smell of carnivorous dinosaurs and primitive birds in a research paper published in the British journal Proceedings of ...
  • Carnivorous dinosaur's teeth discovered

    TAMBA, Japan, June 21 (UPI) -- Museum officials in Japan say fossilized teeth from an ancestor of the tyrannosaurus have been found in the Hyogo Prefecture.
  • The humble beginnings of a king

    Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs together form the family Tyrannosauridae. A long forgotten fossil skull in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London has now ...
  • Montana State University study explores violent world of raptors

    ... That study takes what they have discovered about raptor claws and behavior and applies it to carnivorous dinosaurs. Freedman said, "It's often helpful to look at modern species and make comparisons ...

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