Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show
One of the Victorian carcharodontosaur shinbones was found on the Otway Coast. The other was found on the Bass Coast, in rocks nearly 10 million years older. This demonstrates these predators were successful in this area for at least 10 million years. It’s a notable find.
120-Million-Year-Old Fossils in Australia Just Rewrote Dinosaur Evolution
Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, completely altering the known predator hierarchy of the Cretaceous era. These finds suggest that,
Ancient Australia Had a Dinosaur Predator Ecosystem Unlike Anything Else on Earth
About 120 million years ago, Victoria, Australia, was a land of endless winter. The southern coast was a frigid river valley, its banks lined with pine trees and its waters teeming with fish. Dinosaurs roamed this icy world,
Ancient Fossils Reveal A Surprising Truth About Australian Dinosaurs
This was the Early Cretaceous, and lush forests filled with dinosaurs dominated the landscape. We still find traces of these animals in Victoria's fossil record. Most of the dinosaur fossils found in Victoria belong to small plant-eaters called ornithopods.
World’s Oldest Megaraptorid Reveals A Predatory Hierarchy In Cretaceous Australian Dinosaurs
Five dinosaur specimens discovered near Australia’s south-eastern coast have shed light on the region’s Cretaceous predators. The finds come from fossil beds hundreds of kilometers and millions of years apart,
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Discovering Dinosaur Fossils In Gujarat
Millions of years ago, Gujarat stretched from Kutch to Raioli to Dahod. The river plains extending from the Narmada Basin ...
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Newly discovered rare dinosaur embryos show sauropods had rhino-like horns
The sauropod egg was discovered in Patagonia, Argentina, in an area not previously known to provide evidence of dinosaur fossils. It was imperative the egg was repatriated to Argentina however ...
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Dinosaur history rewritten by fossil discovery of chicken-sized dinosaur, experts say
Illustration by Gabriel Ugueto, courtesy the University of Wisconsin-Madison A chicken-sized dinosaur fossil is challenging ... dinosaur is likely an early sauropod relative.
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9 Dinosaurs With Long Necks
A large sauropod dinosaur that lived during the ... Camarasuars laid eggs and have also left some egg fossils behind. To increase survivability, they traveled together in groups with other ...