Palaeontologists say they hope the discovery could open the way for hundreds more identifications
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Palaeontologists say they hope the discovery could open the way for hundreds more identifications
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A new, dog-sized species of dinosaur that once scuttled between the feet of giants has been discovered after being wrongly categorised.
Enigmacursor, which means “mysterious runner”, is believed to have lived around 150 million years ago.
The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.
Discovery of almost 100 sauropod footprints over a distance of 220 metres provides new insight into how Jurassic dinosaurs moved…
Find indicates high diversity of long-necked dinosaurs in southwestern China during Early Jurassic period
Dinosaur and its cousins were dominant predators in South America, study finds
Species is second-largest predator known from Patagonian fossil site
Paleontologists hailed the discovery which was found on Alpine cliffs
