The Dinosaur Museum News

A new study by Zelenitsy of the University of Calgary and Therrien of the Royal Tyrell Museum has compared the sense of smell of various dinosaurs. The study shows that T rex had a very good sense of smell, in fact the best of all meat-eating dinosaurs. This has added fuel to both sides of the traditional ‘scavenger’ or ‘predator’ debate with respect to T rex. Continue Reading…

Palaeontologist have discovered the remains of a theropod dinosaur in New Mexico that ate plants. This is extremely rare as theropods have traditionally been regarded as carnivorous dinosaurs, and as a group include such predators as T rex, Allosaurus, and Velociraptor. Continue Reading…

The discovery of a new meat-eating dinosaur on the banks of the Rio Colorado in Argentina has caused great excitement, and established further links between dinosaurs and modern birds.

The dinosaur shows small openings leading into Continue Reading…