FONA herzogae, a recently discovered dinosaur species in Utah’s Cedar Mountains, is named after a Chamorro goddess. The grandparents of paleontologist Haviv Avrahami, a member of the research team, are from Guam. He gave the dinosaur its genus name, Fona, based on the ancient Chamorro creation myth. The species name, herzogae, is in honor of … Read more
Thescelosaurines were a group of small to medium-sized, herbivorous dinosaurs that inhabited North America during the Late Cretaceous. The recently discovered thescelosaurine species Fona Herzogae shows that these dinosaurs spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. Fona HerzogaePhoto: Jorge Gonzalez. Fona Herzogae lived about 99 million years ago (Cretaceous Period) in the … Read more
3D printed skull of Fona herzogae. Credit: Lindsay Zanno The age of the dinosaurs was not only explored above ground. A recently discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a more complete understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous, both … Read more
The most complete dinosaur fossil found in Mississippi, which state officials consider “incredibly unusual,” has been 85 percent buried since its discovery in 2007. Paleontologists have identified the specimen as a hadrosaur, a family of duck-billed, herbivorous dinosaurs that lived more than 82 million years ago. The hadrosaur family includes at least 61 identified species, … Read more
The most complete dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Mississippi has been called “incredibly unusual” by state officials. It remains 85 percent buried since its discovery in 2007. Paleontologists have confirmed that the specimen was once a living hadrosaur: a family of vegetarian, duck-billed dinosaurs that lived more than 82 million years ago. But the hadrosaur … Read more
A new species of dinosaur, with unusually graceful horns on its head and behind its neck, lived with at least four other species of rhino- or elephant-like dinosaurs 78 million years ago in what is now northern Montana, researcher Joseph Sertich said. Sertich, an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University, and Professor Mark Loewen … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! by Chris Packham, Phys.org Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi × close to Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move … Read more
Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi What have scientists done this week? Exactly four things, all of which are summarized below. ‘This sweet baby could hold 4.3 million suns’ Supermassive black holes: how do they get so big? This simple … Read more
In the late Cretaceous period, a remarkable bloom of horned dinosaurs occurred along the coastal floodplains of western North America. Two different families – each with every conceivable combination of spikes, horns and fringes – spread across the landscape, using their headgear to signal friends and challenge rivals. Seventy-eight million years later, members of that … Read more
Lokiceratops rangiformis lived about 78 million years ago, researchers said. June 20, 2024, 8:07 am ET • 6 minutes reading A new species of dinosaur with giant horns has been discovered that researchers say is the “largest and most graceful” of its kind ever found, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PeerJ. … Read more