An examination by scientists from MIT on rocks from west central India suggests that volcanoes may have caused dinosaur extinction. The scientists believe the volcanic eruption may have helped in the extinction of dinosaurs. The team of scientists thinks a volcanic eruption happened before the impact of the asteroid, 66 million years ago. It is believed that an asteroid the size of a mountain … [Read more...]
Mystery of Dinosaur with Horrible Hands Solved
Deinocheirus mirificus, meaning “unusual horrible hand”, was one of the greatest mysteries in the world of paleontology. What researchers knew until now about the dinosaur that lived around 70 million years ago was that it had incredibly long arms for a bipedal creature. The name came after a group of researchers discovered two 8-feet long fossilized arms equipped with terrifying claws in the … [Read more...]
The Largest Flying Dinosaur Unearthed in China
Probably the largest flying dinosaur, the dinosaur Changyuraptor yangi has been unearthed in China. The 125-million-year-old feathered dinosaur. It had feathers over its entire body, including its arms and legs, which made it look as if it had two pairs of wings. Moreover these feathers were unusually long, about one-fourth the length of the entire animal. The fossil was discovered in 2012, in … [Read more...]
Largest ever Dinosaur species weighting 100 ton found in Argentina
Scientists have found the fossils of the largest species of dinosaur ever found. According to them, the new dinosaur species are estimated to have been 40 meters in length and 100 tons in weight. The species is yet to be named. Seven huge herbivorous dinosaurs were unearthed at one site in the province of Chubut in Argentina. According to the scientists, the new dinosaur species which lived … [Read more...]
