During the Middle Jurassic Period, the Isle of Skye in Scotland was home to a thriving community of dinosaurs that stomped across the ancient coastline
The new species, named Ambopteryx longibrachium, belongs to the Scansoriopterygidae, one of the most bizarre groups of non-avian theropods
A new tyrannosauroid dinosaur, Suskityrannus hazelae, was only marginally longer than the just the skull of a fully grown Tyrannosaurus rex
A new species closely related to Hadrosauridae, Gobihadros mongoliensis, was discovered in Mongolia from rocks dating to Late Cretaceous
At Tanis in North Dakota’s Hell Creek Formation, paleontologists unearthed animal and fish fossils killed in events triggered by the Chicxulub impact
Paleontologists have discovered the first-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine (crested ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur) from the Arctic – part of the skull of a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Liscomb Bonebed (71-68 Ma) found on Alaska’s North Slope
University of Alberta paleontologists have just reported the world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex and the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada
Scientists largely agree that an asteroid impact, possibly coupled with intense volcanic activity, wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago
