Dinosaur Basics

Characteristics and habits of Pachycephalosaurus

In the late Cretaceous period from 100 million to 65 million years ago, the dinosaur kingdom has entered its twilight pe···

Characteristics of Protoceratops, the ancestor of Ceratops

More than 70 years ago, in order to search for the fossils and cultural relics left by the earliest ancient humans, the ···

Ankylosaurus body characteristics and ancestors

The small tank-like dinosaur with hard armor on its body is called ankylosaurus. Various ankylosaurs combine to form a u···

Stegosaurus body characteristics and living habits

Similar to the situation with sauropods, stegosaurs likely appeared in the early Jurassic. However, scientists' understa···

Characteristics of Heterodontosaurus and Lesothosaurus

1. Early ornithopod dinosaurs Compared with the numerous representatives of sauropod dinosaurs in the late Triassic, ver···

Complete classification of dinosaurs and their characteristics

Early paleontologists believed that dinosaurs were a class of reptiles of their own, so they were unified into the "orde···

Microraptor, a tree-climbing dinosaur discovered in my country

The authoritative British scientific journal "Nature" published on December 7, 2000 published a scientific paper publish···

New evidence that bird ancestors were not dinosaurs

The debate over whether birds originated from dinosaurs has been going on for more than a century. At present, the vast ···

The world's 12th complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossil skeleton discovered

Tyrannosaurus rex is the most attractive and shocking dinosaur family, a large carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the la···

A new dinosaur fossil site was discovered in Lufeng, Yunnan

Recently, a new dinosaur fossil site was discovered in Chuanjie Township, Lufeng County, Yunnan Province, the famous din···

Fossil of dinosaur heart discovered in US

One of the two most authoritative scientific magazines in the world, the American "Science" magazine published a scienti···

Unexpected fossils of Beipiaoosaurus and Millennium Sinornithosaurus discovered in the Jehol Group o

Another theropod dinosaur produced in the lower part of the Yixian Formation is the unexpected Beipiaoosaurus. Its disco···

Revealed secrets of dinosaurs from the Jehol Group in western Liaoning

The Jehol Group in western Liaoning is a famous Mesozoic continental stratum in China and has always occupied an importa···

Discovery of dinosaurs and their biomes at Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay on the southern coast of Victoria, Australia is a famous source of dinosaur fossils on the Australian contin···

Iguanodon fossils show precious footprints (life history of Iguanodon)

At 20 degrees east longitude on the south side of the Arctic Circle, there is a group of remote islands floating lonely ···

The scam of dinosaur research in history (Piltdown incident)

In the 1930s, a notorious "Piltdown Incident" occurred in the field of paleoanthropology. Some people who wanted to gain···

Dinosaur skin found on complete Stegosaurus fossil in Zigong, Sichuan

In the spring of 1985, scientific and technical personnel from the Sichuan Zigong Dinosaur Museum collected a relatively···

The cause of the seizure of Tyrannosaurus rex fossils

On May 14, 1992, the staff of the Black Mountain Research Institute in Hill City, western United States, were doing thei···

Three theories on the formation of the dinosaur tomb in Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan

The Dashanpu Fossil Site is located in the Dashanpu dinosaur fossil site in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, my country. I···

Teeth of different shapes from the four families of ornithopod dinosaurs

Ornithopods are an important branch of the dinosaur family. They consist of some diverse vegetarian dinosaurs and includ···

The earliest dinosaur fauna (Circum-Tethys dinosaur fauna)

Since the earliest dinosaurs appeared in the Moon Valley in Argentina 228 million years ago, they have rapidly evolved, ···

Discovery and research of dinosaur eggs (DNA extraction from dinosaur eggs)

When it comes to dinosaur eggs, many people may be familiar with them. A large number of dinosaur eggs were discovered i···

The world's largest carnivorous dinosaur (not Tyrannosaurus rex)

If someone asks you what is the largest carnivorous dinosaur in the world, you may say without hesitation: "Tyrannosauru···

The branching system of dinosaurs and the origin of birds

In June 1995, the American Museum of Natural History reopened its two dinosaur exhibition halls to the public after thre···