While doing excavations in the Faiyum Oasis Necropolis, archaeologists discovered the grave of a young child who was interred beside 142 dogs
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Scientists have discovered what the first dinosaurs ate
According to a group of palaeobiologists from the Bristol University, the earliest dinosaurs contained carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species.
A 95 million year old crocodile that had a complete dinosaur in its stomach was found
In Australia, researchers discovered a new species of crocodile that lived about 95 million years ago and ate a dinosaur as its final meal.
Long lost ‘sea dragon’ ichthyosaur fossil
During the Mesozoic, marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs dominated the oceans for approximately 160 million years. At the beginning of the 19th century, curiosity over their peculiar fossils led to the development of paleontology.
The skin of a mummified dinosaur displays biting marks and gashes
The discovery of a particularly well-preserved duck-billed hadrosaur in North Dakota raises the possibility that there are more mummified dinosaur than previously thought.
Paleontologists find a new species of crocodile with the thickest eggs ever
Paleontologists have uncovered a new crocodile species that lived with the last dinosaurs and laid the thickest eggs ever discovered.