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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Mystery dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in Paris

Almost nine metres long, the skeleton is unusually complete, at almost 70 per cent whole.

16 March 2018 1:07 PM IST

Scans of the fossilised skeleton of Megachirella revealed the chameleon-sized reptile was an ancestor of todays lizards and snakes. (Photo: AFP)

Life

The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps

The stone, dug up in Egypt, allowed scientists to decipher hieroglyphics.

31 May 2018 1:02 PM IST

The skeleton, now on show in the French city of Lyon to possible buyers such as museums or private collectors before the June 4 auction, is estimated to be worth between 1.2 million and 1.8 million euros. (Representational image/Pixabay).

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Mystery dinosaur skeleton to fetch up to 1.8 million euros

The fossilized skeleton of an unidentified type of dinosaur is set to be auctioned in Paris in June.

17 March 2018 9:54 AM IST

A virtual world built with Google Maps while saving dinosaurs from extinction.

Technology

Did you see it? Google maps has dinosaurs roaming on it

Tiny dinosaurs are seen roaming around the urban streets on the Maps.

23 Jun 2018 9:32 AM IST

The team found that Shingopana was more closely related to titanosaurs of South America than to any of the other species currently known from Africa or elsewhere. (Image: SciencDaily)

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Scientists discover 70mn-year-old titanosaurian dinosaur species in...

The team conducted phylogenetic analyses to understand the evolutionary relationships of these and other titanosaurs.

26 Aug 2017 1:13 PM IST

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'Missing link' bolsters bold theory on dino evolution

Dinosaurs were the monarchs of Earth for 160 million years until a space rock collided with the planet 65.5 million...

16 Aug 2017 11:17 AM IST

$A 90 million-year-old embryo of Beibelong - \baby dragon from China\ - on top of eggshells (dark grey in colour) (Photo: AFP)$ Science

Giant bird-like dinosaur species found in China: study

The giant bird-like dinosaur species found lived about 90mn years ago in the world.

10 May 2017 2:37 PM IST

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Dinosaur family tree uprooted

A new dinosaur evolutionary tree proposes two new base groups in which bird and the reptile-hipped lizards are mixed.

24 March 2017 12:59 AM IST

The last volcanic activity on Mars ceased about 50 million years ago around the time of Earths Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event.

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Mars volcano died the same time as dinosaurs

Giant volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow every one to three million years.

22 March 2017 6:35 AM IST

The bite force of T. Rex is the strongest of any dinosaur ever estimated

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Motor mouth: T. Rex could bite with the force of three cars

T. Rex could much bite through whatever it wanted, as long as it was flesh and bone, said Florida State University...

23 May 2017 1:58 AM IST

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Early dinosaurs were similar to crocodiles: study

Teleocrater did not look much like a dinosaur. It resembled the monitor lizards alive today, researchers said.

13 April 2017 4:36 PM IST

researchers used the Synchrotron to create three-dimensional images of the fossil, which showed the creature was indeed a single animal and not a concoction built up from several sources. Photo:AP/Lukas Panzarin

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A dinosaur that looks like an odd mix of duck, croc, ostrich and swan...

The tiny creature, only about 18 inches (45 centimeters) tall, roamed 75 million years ago in what is now Mongolia.

7 Dec 2017 9:52 AM IST