http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news Events In The Dinosaur Museum - Paleontology News - Discoveries Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:21:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The fossil vertebra of a giant pterosaur with a wingspan in excess of 16 metres has been found in Romania.  Despite being such a large creature the pterosaur was fairly light, only 100 kilograms, otherwise it would not have been able to fly. The fossil bone was discovered in a ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=152 A new predatory dinosaur has been discovered in Romania. It has been named Balaur bondoc meaning “stocky dragon’ and would have lived about 70 million years ago. The dinosaur was like a large Velociraptor. However it had two large claws on each foot instead of the one in Velociraptor’s case. ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=151 Local fossilist Chris Pamplin has discovered a dinosaur bone on Charmouth beach. Chris leads fossil walks at both Charmouth and Lyme Regis and this bone was found lying on the sand at Charmouth on the east beach. The bone was subsequently identified at Lyme Regis Museum to belong to a ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=150 65 million years ago prehistoric mammals filled the ecological niche that was created by the extinction of the dinosaurs. Many of these mammals grew to large sizes and probably the best known is the woolly mammoth. It has always been believed that early humans had hunted mammoths to extinction. However ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=149 Two superb examples of woolly mammoth tusks have gone on display at the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester as the centrepiece of a display on Mammoths. The tusks originate from the North Sea. Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago the North Sea did not exist and England was connected to the ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=148 Explore the Dinosaur Museum, in Dorchester, with its unusual mix of actual fossils, skeletons, and life-size dinosaur reconstructions combined with hands on and multi-media displays to discover the answers to the clues in the Dinosaur Mystery. All children who solve the Mystery can enter a prize draw and one lucky ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=147 A new study by renowned dinosaur expect Jack Horner and John Scannella, an earth sciences student, has come to the conclusion that Triceratops and Torosaurus are the same dinosaur but in different developmental stages. Triceratops is seen as a juvenile of the larger Torosaurus. The scientists believe that as Triceratops ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=146 New research from a joint Belgian and German team is revealing new ideas into how some bipedal dinosaurs moved. By studying ostriches and then computer modelling their movement, comparisons can be made with dinosaurs. Ostriches are flightless but their feathered forelimbs are not solely for display. The limbs are used ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=145 A new report details how researchers have found gnawing teeth marks on the bones of Cretaceous dinosaurs and marine reptiles. The dinosaur femur and rib bones demonstrate opposing pairs of teeth marks which would indicate that they belonged to a group of rodent-like mammals. http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=144 The skull and horns of a new species of ceratopsian dinosaur has been discovered in Mexico. The complete horns have not been found but scientists estimate they would be over 1.2 metres in length, that is longer than any other dinosaur horns known. The dinosaur has been named Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna, ... http://www.thedinosaurmuseum.com/dinosaur-news/?p=143