Posts Tagged ‘Dinosaur Fossil’

WFS News: Well-preserved new dinosaur fossil found in Alberta

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev six years after miners had discovered it by accident, the best preserved dinosaur fossil was was unveiled at Canada’s Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. Dinosaur fossils are not more than a rock for the casual observers, before they are put into the museum. However, the observers this time […]

WFS News: Palaeontologist William Fox’s dinosaur fossil finds displayed

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Fossils discovered by a Victorian clergyman who had four dinosaurs named after him are being exhibited on the Isle of Wight. Among Rev William Fox’s finds was one of the first, almost complete dinosaur fossils – a partial skeleton of a plant-eating Hypsilophodon foxii.Some of his fossils are […]

Ornithomimus dinosaur fossil with preserved tail feathers

An undergraduate University of Alberta paleontology student has discovered an Ornithomimus dinosaur with preserved tail feathers and soft tissue. The discovery is shedding light on the convergent evolution of these dinosaurs with ostriches and emus relating to thermoregulation and is also tightening the linkages between dinosaurs and modern birds. “We now know what the plumage […]

‘Lightning Claw’ Dinosaur Fossil

The remains of a “lightning claw” dinosaur was discovered by opal miners in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales. The giant dinosaur was said to have existed during the mid-Cretaceous period in the supercontinent called Gondwana, according to Australian Geographic.  The dinosaur belonged to the megaraptorid group of dinosaurs known primarily in Argentina. It is believed […]