Dinosaur found in Argentina may be largest land animal ever

Fossils of a gigantic dinosaur are emerging from the Earth in Argentina after 98 million years – and the animal may be the largest that scientists have ever found Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265036-dinosaur-found-in-argentina-may-be-largest-land-animal-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Ancient parasites in a titanosaur’s bones made it look like a zombie

The first discovery of parasites in a dinosaur bone reveals some of the oldest evidence of bone disease, which left a titanosaur with open wounds Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260489-ancient-parasites-in-a-titanosaurs-bones-made-it-look-like-a-zombie/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Dinosaurs Were Not on the Way Out Before Asteroid Hit, Study Claims

New analysis has refuted the claim that dinosaurs were in decline at the time of their extinction. If an asteroid had not hit Earth 66m years ago, dinosaurs might have continued to dominate the planet, according to new research. From a report: A team from the University of Bath and the UK National History Museum has published a study to Royal…

The sale of an amazing dinosaur fossil could be bad news for science

The Duelling Dinosaurs are a fossil hunter’s dream. After a decade-long saga, a museum has now purchased the specimen but that may do palaeontology more harm than good, says Riley Black Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259980-the-sale-of-an-amazing-dinosaur-fossil-could-be-bad-news-for-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Three-metre-long dinosaur may have swum across a wide ocean

A fossil duck-billed dinosaur has been found in Africa for the first time, suggesting these dinosaurs could cross expanses of ocean to reach new lands Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259903-three-metre-long-dinosaur-may-have-swum-across-a-wide-ocean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Ancient life signs under dinosaur-killing Chicxulub crater

Researchers have found evidence for an ancient microbial ecosystem in a hydrothermal system beneath Mexico’s Chicxulub Crater, thought to be the site of the impact that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/dinosaur-killing-chicxulub-impact-crater-hydrothermal-microbial…