A replica fossil of the titanosaur Patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered. It would have weighed about 70 tons (63.5 metric tons.)
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Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals how they grew, what they ate and even their body temperature.
Life reconstruction of the head of the Australian sauropod Diamantinasaurus matildae.
Elena Marian
A newly discovered dinosaur has small arms and a large head, similar to Tyrannosaurus rex. Estimated to have died at 50 years old, it’s also one of the oldest individual dinosaurs on record.
The largest animals to ever walk the earth, giant sauropods dominated world ecosystems for 100 million years. New research indicates soft ‘heel pads’ helped them reach their stature.
The author and a colleague on the hunt for fossil traces.
Morena Nava
Collectively, the evidence studied by ichnologists helps to paint a picture of long-gone landscapes and the creatures and plants that populated those spaces.
Thanks to our new technique using fossilised tracks, we have been able to learn more about the locomotion of the largest creatures ever to have roamed this planet.
The Snake Creek Tracksite, fully exposed on Karoola Station near Winton, on May 10th, 2018.
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A spectacular series of fossilised footprints from sauropod dinosaurs and other ancient animals opens a window onto life in northeast Australia 95 million years ago.
Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull, Eromanga Natural History Museum
Tooth fossils from NSW have confirmed sauropods weren’t exclusive to Queensland. They’re also providing a first look at how these colossal dinosaurs fed from Australia’s land.
Schleitheimia (left) and Plateosaurus (above right).
University of Utrecht
The location of a dinosaur find on a remote Queensland sheep station was lost for almost 80 years. But the site was rediscovered, and details are now emerging about the make up of the new dinosaur.
Good times, bad times, you know I had my share.
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A dinosaur has been found in Argentina which may have lasted beyond an extinction event that wiped out the rest of its family. The new species has been named Leinkupal laticauda, which in the language…