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Categories: Computer Science: Virtual Reality (VR), Paleontology: Dinosaurs
Published Muscular study provides new information about how the largest dinosaurs moved and evolved


New research has revealed how giant 50-ton sauropod dinosaurs, like Diplodocus, evolved from much smaller ancestors, like the wolf-sized Thecodontosaurus.
Published Within a dinosaur’s head: Ankylosaur was sluggish and deaf


Scientists took a closer look at the braincase of a dinosaur from Austria. The group examined the fossil with a micro-CT and found surprising new details: it was sluggish and deaf.
Published Earth's first giant


The two-meter skull of an enormous new ichthyosaur species, Earth's first known giant creature, reveals how both the extinct marine reptiles and modern whales became giants.
Published New insights into the timeline of mammal evolution


A new study has provided the most detailed timeline of mammal evolution to date.
Published Exquisitely preserved embryo found inside fossilized dinosaur egg


A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behavior of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study.
Published An ancient relative of Velociraptor is unearthed in Great Britain



A new bird-like dinosaur that used brute strength to overcome its prey has been found by palaeontologists combing through fossils found on the Isle of Wight, on the South Coast of Great Britain.
Published Sauropod dinosaurs were restricted to warmer regions of Earth



A study investigated the enigma of why sauropod fossils are only found at lower latitudes, while fossils of other main dinosaur types seem ubiquitously present, with many located in the polar regions.