Fossilised foot of a three-toed dinosaur that lived in Brazil 115 million years ago is found

Fossilised foot of a three-toed dinosaur that lived in Brazil 115 million years ago is identified as belonging to a new species that may be a forerunner of today’s birds The specimen was found in the Pedra Branca mine in Brazil’s Ceará State in 2008 Extraction and preparation of the fossil was complex and took 12 … Read more

Three-toed dinosaur footprints discovered in China were left by a 17-foot cousin of T. rex

Three-toed dinosaur footprints discovered by rock climbers in China were made 190 million years ago by a 17-foot cousin of T. rex, a study found.  The prints — of which there are 46 — were found in march this year in the Geleshan National Forest Park in Chongqing, south-west China, in the March of this … Read more