Science news articles about 'carnivorous dinosaurs'

  • Largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain described

    ... 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 ... . The researchers are in no doubt – it was a large, predatory, carnivorous dinosaur (theropod) belonging to the Allosauroidea clade ...
  • Australia`s biggest carnivorous dinosaur forced to take a walk

    (PhysOrg.com) -- Doubt has been cast over the only known piece of evidence that large carnivorous dinosaurs once roamed Australia, following new research by The University of Queensland (UQ).
  • New carnivorous dinosaur from Madagascar raises more questions than it answers

    ... . Dahalokely belongs to a group called abelisauroids, carnivorous dinosaurs common to the southern continents. Up to this point ... of some cavities on the side of the vertebrae -- were unlike those in any other dinosaur. Other features in the vertebrae identified Dahalokely as an abelisauroid ...
  • T.rex 'followed its nose' while hunting

    ... are providing new insight into the sense of smell of carnivorous dinosaurs and primitive birds in a research paper ... that patrol large areas. Although the king of carnivorous dinosaurs wouldn't have passed on scavenging ...
  • 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

    ... of Calgary's Department of Biological Sciences. "Small carnivorous dinosaurs seemed to be completely absent from the environment ... . The discovery of Hesperonychus is the first sign of small carnivorous dinosaurs in North America and also extends the timeframe ...
  • Beaked, bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution

    ... exciting, as it changes what we thought we knew about the dinosaur hand," said Xu. "It also brings conciliation between the data ... -eater, though it is related to carnivorous dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur's hand is unusual and provides ...
  • 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.
  • Down Under dinosaur burrow discovery provides climate change clues

    ... says. "It fills in another gap in our understanding of the evolution of dinosaurs, and ways they may have survived extreme environments." An eye ... . He also identified the first tracks of a large, carnivorous dinosaur in Victoria, and the first fossil crayfish ...
  • The humble beginnings of a king

    Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs together form the family Tyrannosauridae. A long ... about the origins and later evolution of this important group of dinosaurs. Proceratosaurus could now cast much needed ...
  • Montana State University study explores violent world of raptors

    ... being published in a prominent journal. Normally focused on dinosaurs, the students compared the claws and killing methods ... they have discovered about raptor claws and behavior and applies it to carnivorous dinosaurs. Freedman said, "It's often helpful to look ...
  • Rare fossil forces rethinking of early dinosaur evolution

    ... rare primitive theropod, or a bipedal, primarily carnivorous dinosaur, is bringing clarity to the early evolution ... of Texas at Austin. "But they are not. T. hallae and two other carnivorous dinosaurs from North America each have their closest ...
  • Earliest Tyrannosauroid rediscovered in museum collection

    ... clues to the early stages of the lengthy evolutionary history of Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs ...
  • Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds

    ... ) - China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member ...

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