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North America's oldest dinosaur is completely rewriting history

Researchers discovered Ahvaytum bahndooiveche fossils in Wyoming, revealing dinosaurs in Laurasia earlier than believed.

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Dinosaur history rewritten by fossil discovery of chicken-sized dinosaur, experts say

Dinosaurs inhabited the Northern Hemisphere millions of years earlier than scientists previously thought, according to the new research.

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Oldest North American dinosaur fossil discovered, dates back 230 million years

This discovery challenges the long-held belief that dinosaurs originated exclusively in the southern supercontinent, Gondwana.

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'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs,” one micropaleontology professor said.

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Dinosaurs may have roamed the northern hemisphere millions of years earlier than previously thought

How and when did dinosaurs first emerge and spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago? That question has for decades been a source of debate among paleontologists faced with fragmented fossil records.

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A Quarry Worker Felt Strange Bumps While Digging. They Turned Out to Be the Largest Dinosaur Trackway in the U.K.

The five sets of tracks represent four-legged sauropods and a three-toed carnivore that might have crossed paths on a ...

The Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur May Not Have Been T. Rex

They lived about 30 million years apart and never set foot on the same continent. Yet Giganotosaurus carolinii is always ...

The First ‘Burrowing Dinosaur’ Was Discovered In 2007—And We’ve Just Discovered The Second, 17 Years Later

Meet Fona herzogae: the tiny dinosaur that burrowed its way into paleontological history—who rewrote just about everything we know about survival in the age of giants.

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Weird bumps in UK quarry turn out to be 166 million-year-old dinosaur 'highway' for some of Jurassic's biggest dinosaurs

Researchers have excavated the largest dinosaur footprint site in the U.K. after a quarry worker found tracks left by two of ...

Hundreds of Footprints Found in Jurassic ‘Dinosaur Highway’

At least five trackways were found in Oxfordshire, revealing a dynamic environment from about 166 million years ago.

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‘Dinosaur highway’ from 166 million years ago is unearthed

Four giant herbivores and one predator walked across the same spot in modern-day England. “It’s the closest we’ll get to a time machine,” said one of the lead excavators.