dinosaur
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Together, these anatomical characteristics indicated that the fossil represented a previously unidentified dinosaur.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The dinosaur, named Invictibellatrix amberina, is described in a new paper in the journal Royal Society Open Science and belongs to a group of agile, two-legged carnivores called megaraptorans.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A new species of dinosaur - a long-clawed predator the size of a large tiger - has been identified from a fossil found on the Isle of Wight more than 100 years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Although the significance of these dinosaurs is only just coming to light, Zimbabwe is already taking a greater role in shedding much needed light on early dinosaur evolution.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Each one's got a different dinosaur, but if you put them end to end in order, the background landscape joins up and forms a frieze.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Megaraptors are regarded as the most mysterious of the large, meat-eating dinosaurs, as few megaraptor fossils have been found.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The researchers also used computer algorithms to compare its skeletal features with those of other dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
They compared the fossil with skulls and brain cases from tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs, raptors and other two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It would have eaten small dinosaurs, lizards and mammals – occupying a similar role in the food chain to the hyena today.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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