Dinosaur Basics

6 Awesome Dinosaur Species

You may have heard of the lizard tyrant Tyrannosaurus rex. Or maybe the giant Apatosaurus is more your style. But there ···

Ten conjectures about the mystery of the extinction of the dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of terrestrial animals that appeared in the Mesozoic Era and are also the most famous anci···

The ten most powerful dinosaurs, ranked in no particular order

Dinosaurs are a type of giant reptiles that once existed on the earth. They lived in the Mesozoic and late Mesozoic era ···

What are the paintings about dinosaurs?

The shape and characteristics of dinosaurs have always attracted much attention in scientific research, and therefore th···

Dinosaur with the longest neck ever discovered in China

A sauropod from China may have had the longest neck of any known dinosaur. The discovery comes 30 years after the specie···

The world's largest dinosaur skeleton fossil (20 meters high and weighing 77 tons)

Three years ago, a farmer in Patagonia, southern Argentina, suddenly stumbled upon an incredible paleontological fossil ···

How dinosaur evolution was affected by mass extinction events

In 1853, 20 Victorian dignitaries held a New Year's dinner inside a dinosaur model that had been on display in 1851. Thi···

Tyrannosaurus rex's cousin "Daspletosaurus" can eat its own kind

Tyrannosaurus is a recognized ferocious carnivorous dinosaur. They sometimes even kill each other, and the most famous m···

Fossils and restoration of Gigantoraptor Erlian

Megaraptor Erlian, which dates back about 80 million years ago, belongs to the oviraptorosaurs, a close relative of bird···

Are pterosaurs oviparous or viviparous?

The world's first pterosaur egg and embryo fossil was discovered in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota in western Liaoning···

The evolutionary history of pterosaurs (the change process of pterosaurs)

As the earliest vertebrate with active flight capabilities, the macroevolution of pterosaurs has received widespread att···

13 latest discoveries about dinosaurs

1. Dinosaurs also wooed by wagging their tails. Scientists came to this conclusion after studying small flightless dinos···

What killed the dinosaurs?

The end of the Cretaceous period witnessed one of the most dramatic mass extinctions in Earth's history. Find out what c···

How are dinosaur fossils formed?

Although dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, we know they existed because some of them became fossils after they died···

What is a dinosaur (Characteristics of dinosaurs)

Dinosaurs were a group of reptiles that dominated land for more than 140 million years (more than 160 million years in s···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of Troodon

Chinese name: Troodon Latin name: Troodon Age of survival: Late Cretaceous Fossil origin: Canada, United States, China P···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of Oviraptorosaurus

Chinese name: OviraptorosaurusLatin name: OviraptorAge of survival: Late CretaceousFossil origin: MongoliaPhysical chara···

The fossil origin and body shape characteristics of Caudopteryx

Chinese name: TaiyulongLatin name: CaudipteryxAge of survival: Early CretaceousFossil origin: Liaoning, ChinaPhysical ch···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of primitive Archeopteryx

Chinese name: Archeopteryx Latin name: Protarchaeopteryx Age of survival: Early Cretaceous Fossil origin: Liaoning, Chin···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of Therizinosaurus

Chinese name: Therizinosaurus Latin name: Therizinosaurus Age of survival: Late Cretaceous Fossil origin: Mongolia, Kaza···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of Mononychus

Chinese name: Single-clawed dragon Latin name: Mononykus Age of survival: Late Cretaceous Fossil origin: Mongolia Physic···

Fossil origin and body characteristics of Sinornithosaurus

Chinese name: Chinese bird dragonLatin name: SinornithosaurusAge of survival: Early CretaceousFossil origin: Western Lia···

The fossil origin and body characteristics of Deinonychus

Deinonychus was one of the fastest and most ferocious of the dinosaur family, and one of the most unusual predators. Alt···

Fossil origin and body characteristics of Yongchuanosaurus

Yongchuanosaurus is a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic. It was named after its specimen was fi···