The Dinosaur Museum News

In May 2008 the fossilised remains of the earliest known bird were discovered in China. A new report names the bird as Eoconfuciusornis zhengi, which means ‘the dawn of the Confucius bird’. The bird’s well-preserved remains date back 131 million years and were discovered on Continue Reading…

Palaeontologists have discovered the remains of a 70 million year old dinosaur that would have fed off termites. Known as Albertonykus borealis the dinosaur was small, about the size of a chicken, and is the Continue Reading…

Since 1824 when Megalosaurus was named as the first dinosaur by William Buckland, 1,400 species have been subsequently named. The palaeontologist to have named the most dinosaurs is Othniel Marsh. Marsh was a renowned dinosaur hunter and named 80 different dinosaurs. Continue Reading…