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Dinosaur Faces and Feet May Have Popped With Bright Color
Extinct dinosaurs may have had bright color on their skin, scales and beaks in a manner similar to modern birds, according to research led by The University of Texas at Austin. An artist’s interpretation compares areas of bright color on a modern duck to where they might have appeared on an extinct Tyrannosaurs Rex. Different…
Dinosaur ancestor of long-necked Diplodocus ran swiftly on two legs
The gigantic and slow sauropod dinosaurs like Diplodocus had small two-legged ancestors – and one, Thecodontosaurus, was quick and nimble 19 January 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Thecodontosaurus antiquus, a sauropodomorph dinosaurStocktrek Images, Inc. / Alamy An early ancestor of large, long-necked, four-legged dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus was a quick, nimble biped that probably used…
Triassic Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Wales
Paleontologists have discovered the footprints of large sauropodomorph dinosaurs on the shoreline near Penarth in south Wales, the United Kingdom. An individual footprint of a sauropodomorph dinosaur on the foreshore near Penarth, south Wales, the United Kingdom. Image credit: Peter Falkingham, Natural History Museum, London. The Penarth footprints are part of the Blue Anchor Formation…