David Grayless#Gorgosaurus ( GOR-gə-SOR-əs; lit. 'dreadful lizard') is a #genus of #tyrannosaurid #theropod #dinosaur that lived in western North America during the #LateCretaceous #Period (#Campanian), between about 76.5 and 75 #millionYearsAgo. #Fossil remains have been found in the #CanadianProvince of #Alberta and the #USState of #Montana. #Paleontologists recognize only the #typeSpecies, G. libratus, although other species have been erroneously referred to the genus. Like most known tyrannosaurids.
Daniel DvorkinI swear #climatologists think less about #climatechange, #epidemiologists think less about #vaccination, and #paleontologists think less about #evolution, than the crowd of screeching #denialists who descend like locusts on any news story even vaguely related to any of these subjects.
Steve Dustcircle 🌹RAWR!: The Best New #Dinosaur #Books for Little #Paleontologists
charring auhpreparing, studying, collecting, #paleontologists have fossils since 1898. Tools like brushes and rock hammers have not changed much, but modern technologies, like digital x-rays, help us learn from #fossilday in new ways. #ElmerRiggs (right), the Field Museum's first firstpaleon
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬The #Megaraptor Had Giant Claws and an Appetite for Crocodilians
A #fossil of the 23-foot-tall #predator could help unlock secrets of an order of #dinosaurs that remain poorly understood.
As the team of #paleontologists worked on the remains, they realized that a bone tucked between the jaws was not from the #skeleton: it was, instead, the upper arm bone of a #crocodile relative. The dinosaur’s teeth were actually touching the crocodile bone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/megaraptor-fossil-crocodile.html
https://archive.ph/NDhhG
A #fossil of the 23-foot-tall #predator could help unlock secrets of an order of #dinosaurs that remain poorly understood.
As the team of #paleontologists worked on the remains, they realized that a bone tucked between the jaws was not from the #skeleton: it was, instead, the upper arm bone of a #crocodile relative. The dinosaur’s teeth were actually touching the crocodile bone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/science/megaraptor-fossil-crocodile.html
https://archive.ph/NDhhG
From #Dinosaur Scratches to #Insects in #Amber, How #Paleontologists Uncover #Prehistoric Courtship
FuntimeOptimistic Cave
https://funtime.ua/en/nature/caves/optimistic
#funtime #ukraine #cave #crystal #explorers #tourist #optimistic #longest #paleontologists #underground #discover #travel #tourism #camping #free #landscape #botanical #leisure #relax #inspiration #entertainment #adventure #adventures #fun #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #natural #walk #walking #hiking #hike #mental #health #restore #photo #photography #picture #фантайм #україна #подорожі #печера
Funtime UkraineOptimistic Cave
https://funtime.ua/en/nature/caves/optimistic
#funtime #ukraine #cave #crystal #explorers #tourist #optimistic #longest #paleontologists #underground #discover #travel #tourism #camping #free #landscape #botanical #leisure #relax #inspiration #entertainment #adventure #adventures #fun #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #natural #walk #walking #hiking #hike #mental #health #restore #photo #photography #picture #фантайм #україна #подорожі #печера
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGothamist: Paleontologist says NJ school lost his 380M-year-old fossils, and now they’re in a landfill. “A professor said the North Jersey university where he works lost his collection of 380 million-year-old fossils. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, paleontologist Martin Becker accuses William Paterson University in Wayne of negligence in caring for the fossils, which he was trying to […]
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Cretaceous #fossil from #Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-cretaceous-fossil-antarctica-reveals-earliest.html
#Cretaceous Antarctic bird skull elucidates early avian ecological diversity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08390-0
"Few #birds are as likely to start as many arguments among #paleontologists as #Vegavis. This new fossil is going to help resolve a lot of those arguments. Chief among them: where is Vegavis perched in the bird tree of life?"
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ancestors of today's waterfowl, surviving that mass extinction event was like…water off a duck's back.