Curiosities

Sun, 2017-08-06

The Tyrannosaurus family, of which the most famous species is T. rex, were among the last dinosaurs to appear on the planet, around 80 million...

Sun, 2017-08-06

Trix is a Tyrannosaurus rex specimen excavated in 2013 in Montana, USA by a team of paleontologists from the ...

Sun, 2017-08-06

Okay, first of all, one subgroup of dinosaurs is still roaming the Earth today: the birds.

Thu, 2017-08-03

Major extinction events are nothing new for the planet, but species are now dying out at an...

Sun, 2017-07-30

Fossils of fragile female scale insects are extremely rare.

Sun, 2017-07-30

Cal Orcko, located 3 miles south of downtown Sucre in Bolivia, is home to the world’s largest and most diverse collection of dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous Period.

Tue, 2017-07-25

If you want to know the secret behind the success of Tyrannosaurus rex and its meat-eating dinosaur cousins, look no further than their teeth.

Thu, 2017-07-20

The closest living relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex are birds such as chickens and ostriches, according to research...

Wed, 2017-07-05

Eurypterids, often informally referred to as sea scorpions, are a group of arthropods that form the order Eurypterida. The earliest known eurypterids date to the Darriwilian stage of the...

Tue, 2017-06-20

Therapsida is a group of synapsids that includes mammals and their ancestors.

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