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Ichthyosaurs: Climate change and slow evolution pushed 'sea dragon' to extinction 90 million years ago

Ichthyosaurs became extinct long before other dinosaurs, and scientists have now worked out why.

Scientists to drill into Mexico's Chicxulub crater where dinosaur-destroying asteroid crashed

Researchers hope core samples will reveal ancient history and how life revived after devastating space-rock impact

Monster abelisaur: Fossil of giant killer dinosaur solves 100-year-old riddle

Latest find sheds light on dinosaur community in North Africa 95 million years ago.

Glyptodonts, ancient ancestors of armadillos

Extinct ancestors of armadillos the size of cars roamed South America 35 million years ago

A study of 12,000-year-old DNA reports that the creatures called glyptodonts inhabited South America.

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Dinosaurs thought to have died in Pompeii-style disaster probably drowned in porridgy torrent

Dinosaur fossils discovered in China may not have been killed by catastrophic volcanic ash cloud.

Jurassic World adviser Jack Horner: Scientists getting ever closer to creating pet dinosaurs

Leading geneticists believe technology is there to create a dinosaur-chicken hybrid but it won't be easy.

Tangosaurus Rex? Sexy dancing dinosaurs performed mating displays to attract the ladies

Scratch marks the size of bath tubs show theropod dinosaurs did mating dances like birds.

Earliest stegodons came from China, not Africa, 11 million-year-old fossils suggest

Scientists discover bones in China millions of years older than those found in Kenya.

Tyrannosaurus bataar: Nicolas Cage returns rare stolen dinosaur skull to Mongolia

Hollywood star bought the stolen skull in 2007 for $276,000.

Plesiosaur: Ancient marine-dinosaur flapped its flippers 'like a penguin'

The way in which plesiosaurs swam has been the subject of debate for almost 200 years.

Newly discovered species of 'sail-backed' dinosaur discovered on Iberian landmass

The 'sail' would have been used to store fat or regulate temperature.

Did 'dark matter' or a star called Nemesis kill the dinosaurs?

Leading cosmologist says dark matter could have caused dinosaur-killing comet to hit Earth.

Mini Mosasaur: Fossil discovered in Japan sheds new light on ancient 'binocular eyed' marine hunter

Extremely well preserved Mosasaur fossil is the first to be found in Japan.

Dinosaur relatives younger than previously thought and 'totally unexpected'

A new study suggests dinosauromorphs are up to 10 million years younger than previous estimates.

Volcanic eruptions wouldn't have been as devastating to dinosaurs as previously thought

It was thought that a combined effort from asteroids and volcanoes led to the extinction of dinosaurs.

If an asteroid crashed into the Pacific Ocean, it could generate a tsunami that devastated the west coast of North America

Leading Harvard professor offers new theory on how humans came to exist

Dark matter played a crucial role in allowing our existence," says Professor Lisa Randall.

Jurassic World game from Cryptic Studios Seattle was open world & 'similar to H1Z1'

Cancelled game would have put players in the boots of Owen Grady in an open world survival game.

Dinosaur discovery: Rare fossils of giant feathered raptor dromaeosaurid found in South Dakota

Discovery will completely change the understanding of the prehistoric environment.

Fossils of duck-billed herbivore baby dinosaurs unearthed in Mongolia

This is the first time embryonic remains of this species have been found.

Fossilised eggshells help crack the mystery of how dinosaurs kept warm

Were they warm-blooded like modern birds and mammals, or cold-blooded like modern lizards and crocodiles?

How we found 'prehistoric beaver' that helped mammals inherit Earth after dinosaurs were wiped out

A new fossil is helping us better understand how mammals took advantage of the dinosaur extinction

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae: The mammal which thrived after the extinction of dinosaurs

The newly discovered beaver-like species outlived the dinosaurs.

Dinosaur extinction: Asteroid impact triggered massive volcanic eruptions at Deccan Traps

Asteroid impact and volcanic activity at Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction was not 'unimaginable coincidence'.

Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, artist's impression

Alaska: 'Polar-dwelling' dinosaur species discovered

Scientists say Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis is the northern-most dinosaur known to have ever lived.

First animal to walk upright on all fours discovered to be 260 million-year-old cow-sized reptile

It is thought that all other four-legged animals of the period 'sprawled' like modern lizards.

Dinosaur Britain: Latest palaeontology discoveries reveal 'find of the century' – a new dinosaur

Research identifies the Baryonyx, an entirely new species in the UK that lived 200 million years ago.

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