A gigantic asteroid brought the age of the dinosaurs to an abrupt end about 66 million years ago, as everything from pterodactyls to Tyrannosaurus rex went extinct. Fortunately, the lives of these iconic creatures were preserved in fossils — allowing researchers to decipher this lost world.
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'If it weren't for that asteroid, they might still share this planet': Dinosaurs weren't doomed before the asteroid hit, new study suggests
The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.
'Exquisitely preserved' ginormous claws from Mongolia reveal strange evolution in dinosaurs
A new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.
Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago
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166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic
A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.
Australia's 'upside down' dinosaur age had two giant predators, 120 million-year-old fossils reveal
A new study has revealed that "hug of death" megaraptorids and previously unknown carcharodontosaurs shared Australia's unique Antarctic dinosaur ecosystem during the Cretaceous.
What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs?
Nonavian dinosaurs have been extinct for 66 million years, but what would have happened if they'd survived?
Secrets of 1st dinosaurs lie in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest, study suggests
The first dinosaurs may have evolved near the equator, and not in the southwest of the supercontinent Gondwana, as researchers previously assumed due to an abundance of fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe.
'Sexy' pterosaur tail should have been nightmare for flying. How did it work?
The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could have used for displays, a new study finds.
