Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species Named Farlowichnus Rapidus

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Brazilian geological agency on Thursday American time or Friday, November 24 2023 WIB, announced the species dinosaur new, fast animals that lived in the deserts of the early Cretaceous period. The new species, called Farlowichnus rapidus, was a small carnivore about the size of a modern seriema bird, or about 60-90 … Read more

SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2023 Annual Meeting First Issue

SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2023 Annual Meeting First Issue

Apatosaurus knee joint disease When researchers excavated the Apatosaurus femur specimen from the Morrison Formation in Wyoming (fossil number: UWGM 7213), they noticed that the lateral condyle and lateral epicondyle had inward erosion lesions. After preliminary determination, they believed that the lesion was the source of the disease. The inflammatory reaction caused by the erosion … Read more

SVP 2023 Annual Conference First Issue | Square Vocus

SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2023 Annual Meeting First Issue

Apatosaurus knee joint disease When researchers excavated the Apatosaurus femur specimen from the Morrison Formation in Wyoming (fossil number: UWGM 7213), they noticed that the lateral condyle and lateral epicondyle had inward erosion lesions. After preliminary determination, they believed that the lesion was the source of the disease. The inflammatory reaction caused by the erosion … Read more

Ancient Megaraptoridae Dinosaur Fossil Discovery in Australia: Significance and Research Findings

Ancient Megaraptoridae Dinosaur Fossil Discovery in Australia: Significance and Research Findings

Jakarta – Paleontologists discovered the fossilized forehead bone of a new species of dinosaur in Australia recently. This dinosaur is thought to have lived in Gondwana, an ancient supercontinent that existed 550 million – 180 million years ago. The new dinosaur was identified as a species of Megaraptoridae. This type of dinosaur is a theropod, … Read more

The Impact of Silica Dust on the Extinction of Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago

The Impact of Silica Dust on the Extinction of Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago

Jakarta – As we have heard, dinosaurs experienced extinction because they were triggered by an asteroid hitting the Earth. This event occurred 66 million years ago. In fact, a powerful asteroid impact caused extreme winter at that time and the loss of around 75 percent of life on Earth. It is known that as a … Read more

Ancient Feathers: Surprising Discovery of Consistent Protein Composition with Modern Birds

Ancient Feathers: Surprising Discovery of Consistent Protein Composition with Modern Birds

Tiffany Slater, lead author of the study and postdoctoral researcher in paleobiology at University College Cork in Ireland, points out, “This same beta protein is also present in the feathers of modern birds.” This discovery was very surprising because previously scientists believed that ancient animal fur had a very different protein composition, especially alpha protein … Read more

Fossil Discovery: Pampaphoneus Biccai, Powerful Pre-Dinosaur Predator, Unearthed in Brazil

Fossil Discovery: Pampaphoneus Biccai, Powerful Pre-Dinosaur Predator, Unearthed in Brazil

Jakarta – Scientists discovered fossil from predatory creatures that lived before the era dinosaur powerful. The fossil is 265 million years old and was found in Brazil, which is 40 million years before dinosaurs became the most powerful predators on Earth. This skull was later identified as Pampaphoneus biccai. Fossil It was found in almost … Read more

Birds: The Living Dinosaurs

Birds: The Living Dinosaurs

Jakarta – It turns out that dinosaurs are not really extinct. There are still animals that are said to be dinosaurs. Maybe you are wondering what animal is meant? Check out the review! Quoted from detikInet, around 66 million years ago, the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event occurred which is thought to have been caused by the … Read more

Drought reveals 70 longest dinosaur tracks in the world at Dinosaur Valley State Park

Drought reveals 70 longest dinosaur tracks in the world at Dinosaur Valley State Park

CNN Indonesia Friday, 08 Sep 2023 15:14 IWST One of the traces of an ancient animal found in Dinosaur Valley State Park, USA. (AFP/HANDOUT) Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Drought what happened in the state of Texas, United States, is revealing footsteps dinosaur longest in the world. There are at least around 70 dinosaur tracks revealed … Read more

Mysterious Golden Egg-Like Object Discovered on Seabed off the Coast of Alaska

Mysterious Golden Egg-Like Object Discovered on Seabed off the Coast of Alaska

Scientists Find Mysterious Objects such as Golden Eggs. photo/ AFP JUNEAU – The research team was confused by the discovery mysterious object golden with a hole in it like an egg that hatched on the seabed off the coast of Alaska recently. The shiny object, which felt as smooth as skin tissue to the touch, … Read more