The Dinosaur Museum News

In this case the muck is 140 million years old and belongs to a dinosaur from the Jurassic period. At a recent auction held by Bonhams the auctioneers, in New York, a coprolite was sold for almost £500 – twice the expected amount. A coprolite is dinosaur dung that has been fossilised into what is a hard rocky substance. Continue Reading…

New research published in the journal Science shows more clearly than ever the evolutionary link between birds and Tyrannosaurus rex. Bone structure and feather-like remains of dinosaurs have previously given strong indications of a link with modern birds. Now it would seem the two groups have been linked on a molecular level. Continue Reading…