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almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Early Cretaceous basal hadrosaurid found in Japan

A brand new herbivorous dinosaur called Koshisaurus has been unearthed in Japan. It is only the sixth named species of dinosaur ever discovered on the archipelago.

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almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Vandals destroy Europe's largest nest of dino eggs

Vandalism of natural treasures seems to be on the rise. Along with the "artist" who used eight national parks in the USA as her canvas and the person who stole a dinosaur bone from Dinosaur National Monument, charlatans who destroyed a dinosaur nest in Spain now join an incredible list of wreckers of civilization.

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almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

Atopodentatus and its messed-up face

With a face that only an egg-laying mother could love (and then immediately leave), Atopodentatus is one of the weirdest reptiles ever to have lived.

almost 6 years ago by Nick Garland

The giant penguin with strange colors

Thirty-six million years ago, during the Eocene Epoch, a group of giant penguins swam the world's southern oceans.

almost 6 years ago by Julio Lacerda

Incredible fossil shows how a fish and a pterosaur died in combat

A failed attack from a predatory fish on a pterosaur millions of years ago has resulted in a one-of-a-kind discovery.

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