Posts Tagged ‘Sinocalliopteryx’

Dinosaur Was a Strong Swimmer, Doggy-Paddle Style

Claw marks on a 100-million-year-old riverbed in China reveal how some dinosaurs doggy-paddled over long distances, scientists say. “What we have are scratches left by the tips of a two-legged dinosaur’s feet,” study researcher Scott Persons, of the University of Alberta, said in a statement. “The dinosaur‘s claw marks show it was swimming along in […]

Researchers discover fossils inside T. Rex ancestor

A rare dino-fossil has led researchers at the University of Alberta to a discovery they say may forever change the way the Cretaceous period is looked at. After unearthing two well preserved fossils from China’s Liaoning province, researchers have been able to get a more clear grasp of the eating habits of Sinocalliopteryx, a feathered, […]