Linhenykus likely used long digit to probe termite mounds.
An artist's rendering of the one-fingered, short-armed new dinosaur Linhenykus monodactylus.
Illustration courtesy Julius T. Csotonyi
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Chinese fossil challenges traditional early-human time line, study says.
Several views of a human jawbone and molars found in a Chinese cave.
Diagram courtesy Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo...
The study of fossil fishes has advanced significantly over the past few years, giving scientists a rare opportunity to understand the origin and early evolution of major vertebrate groups, ranging from the jawless...
The more fossil species you describe, the less likely the names are to stick.
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Edward Cope named 64 dinosaur species, but only 9 of his names are still in use.Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Researchers discovered fossils of a new species of dinosaur from the Ceratopsidae family recently during excavation work in Zhucheng, Shandong Province.
Xu Xing, researcher and dinosaur expert at the Inst...
Glenn Storrs, right, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Cincinnati Museum Center, and Stephanie Lowe look at a vertebrae fossil from the tail of a long-necked titanosaur, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, on di...
Fearsome giants may have carefully gnawed on dead herbivores
As fearsome as giant tyrannosaurs such as T. rex were, scientists have found what may be the first evidence of these "terrible lizards" being dainty...
Source: Global Times (By Ming Yue)
If you see several giant dinosaurs inside Olympic Park, don't panic! As the sign says, "These dinosaurs came just for summer vacation."
Sitting one kilometer north of t...
By Katherine Harmon
Some 100 million to 65 million years ago, when Europe was an island archipelago, a small horned dinosaur roamed what is now Hungary. Fossil remains from this tiny dinosaur represent the fir...