Jul 6, 2021 · The history of dinosaurs encompasses a long time period of diverse creatures. This piece of art is a reconstruction of a late Maastrichtian (~66 million years ago) …

5 days ago · 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. …

Mar 14, 2025 · The heaviest known dinosaur is thought to be Argentinosaurus, a supermassive titanosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period. It may have weighed up to 180,800 pounds …

Apr 19, 2024 · It wasn't the largest dinosaur — fellow titanosaur Argentinosaurus is one contender for that disputed honor, with an estimated weight starting at 77 tons (70 metric tons) — but B. …

Nov 20, 2024 · A 70-foot-long Apatosaurus skeleton, named Vulcan, recently became the biggest dinosaur fossil ever sold when it was acquired for around $6.4 million at an auction in France. …

Jan 13, 2025 · The sediments in which it was found date to the Early Jurassic Hettangian Age (201.3 million to 199.3 million years ago), according to the study published Dec. 12, 2024 in …

Mar 10, 2025 · This dinosaur is thought to have lived around 166 million years ago. (Image credit: Neil Hanna) Researchers rediscovered the fragmented fossil in 2015, and itwas eventually …

Jan 10, 2025 · However, the newly uncovered Laurasian dinosaur is only around 3 million years younger than the oldest commonly agreed upon Gondawanan dinosaur — an unnamed …

Mar 10, 2025 · Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation following the impact that wiped out the nonavian …

Jan 24, 2025 · An artist’s illustration of Nyasasaurus, which could be the earliest known dinosaur, or else a close relative of early dinosaurs. (Image credit: Mark Witton/The Trustees of the …