Latest articles by Vasika Udurawane

Sometimes the least expected people make the most interesting fossil discoveries. One such surprise was the beautifully preserved skeleton of a new frilled dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. Named Spiclypeus, it was the find of a lifetime for a former nuclear physicist.

Atopodentatus caused a stir online when it was described scientifically two years ago. It was reconstructed with a split in its upper jaw, using this weird apparatus to sift through the sand like a walrus. Yet new discoveries have shown that it was more like a spoon-billed marine iguana in its feeding habits.

The long-necked, big-bodied sauropod dinosaurs are known in popular culture for their often immense size, with some being the biggest animals to have ever walked the Earth. Yet while the huge thighs and necks of these behemoths are well-known, very few are known for their skulls. With Sarmientosaurus though, we have an exception.