Cretaceous Period
How Did Raptors Use Their Fearsome Toe Claws?
Claw Shapes: A Glimpse Into the Lifestyle of Raptors?
December 07, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
What Prehistoric Reptile Do These Three-foot Claws Belong To?
Claws once thought to belong to a giant turtle turned out to be from one of the weirdest dinosaurs ever found
December 06, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Why Did Plant-Munching Theropods Get So Big?
Were these Late Cretaceous dinosaurs just the culmination of an evolutionary trend towards ever-larger body size or was something else at work?
November 29, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
What’s the Secret of Hadrosaur Skin?
Were extra-thick hides the secret to why paleontologists have found so much fossilized hadrosaur skin?
November 21, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
F is for Futalognkosaurus
Though not as famous as other huge dinosaurs, Futalognkosaurus is the most complete giant sauropod ever found
November 19, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Cretaceous Legs Give Away New Dinosaur
Slender limb bones found in Argentina give away a new species of tiny dinosaur
November 16, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Lessons from Einiosaurus
New dinosaurs are always cause for excitement, but the real joy of paleontology is investigating dinosaur lives
November 15, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
E is for Eotriceratops
The recently discovered Eotriceratops might yield important clues about how the famous Triceratops evolved
November 12, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Paleontologists Welcome Xenoceratops to the Ceratopsian Family Tree
Canadian researchers found the horned dinosaur hiding in storage
November 09, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Piecing Together Eolambia
Paleontologists uncover a new look for one of Cretaceous Utah's most common dinosaurs, Eolambia
November 08, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
New Dinosaur Discovered – Named After the Demonic Sauron from Lord of the Rings
A bizarre skull fragment hints at a new species of giant predatory dinosaur from Morocco
November 02, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
What Scared Dinosaurs? The Terror Croc
Deinosuchus, an enormous alliagtoroid, undoubtedly gave dinosaurs much to fear
October 31, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Did Tyrannosaurus Ever Battle Triceratops?
We love to imagine Tyrannosaurus fighting Triceratops to the death, but did such battles ever happen?
October 26, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Feathery Ostrich Mimics Enfluffle the Dinosaur Family Tree
A trio of feathered dinosaurs tests a longstanding hypothesis and hint that there may be more feathered dinosaur fossils than anyone ever expected
October 25, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
B is for Becklespinax
For over a century and a half, paleontologists have been confounded by the sail-backed carnivore Becklespinax. What did this dinosaur really look like?
October 22, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Did Dinosaurs Eat Ants?
The weird alvarezsaurs look perfectly-adapted to eating termites, but how can we find out what they really ate?
October 17, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
A is for Agujaceratops
Though little-known to the public, Agujaceratops plays an important role in tracing one particular episode in dinosaur evolution
October 15, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
How Did Dinosaurs Sleep?
A lovely little fossil shows how some dinosaurs said goodnight
October 09, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Sinking a Sauropod
Paleontologists are naming new dinosaurs every week, but some names are eventually sent to the scientific wastebasket
September 14, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
Outlining Olorotitan
A new study reexamines the skeleton of Olorotitan, a lovely hadrosaur from Russia
September 13, 2012 |
By Brian Switek
