Paleontologists discovered Duonychus tsogtbaatari from fossils uncovered in 2012. It was a giant, feathered creature adapted ...

Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...

The osteoderms – structures of bony plaques located in ... “We don’t know why (the tail) evolved. We do know that within armoured dinosaur groups there seems to be a tendency to ...

The armored dinosaur looks like a walking tank from prehistoric times. Artists can start with the Ankylosaurus’s wide body and distinctive club tail. Adding scales and bony plates gives it a ...

But in real life, scientists have discovered a doppelgänger: Zuul crurivastator, a new genus and species of dinosaur with movie-monster looks. Well protectedOsteoderms—bony armor plates—cover ...

With its four wings and a long, bony tail, Microraptor was unlike any bird alive today. This is because it was a dinosaur—one that evolved long after the first known bird, Archaeopteryx ...

While Duonychus tsogtbaatari had formidable claws, they were likely used to grasp vegetation, according to a study of a fully ...

A distinctive dinosaur known for its long neck, big body, long tail, and a small head ... “Now we’re getting a footprint or ...

Researchers emphasize that this fossil confirms that cerapodan dinosaurs underwent diversification well before the Cretaceous ...

At the end of the animal's tail, a series of plates were fused together and held aloft by tail vertebra fused together. This clublike tail likely delivered a powerful blow and served as a serious ...

Like its non-flying close relatives, Microraptor had elongated bones lining the top and underside of its tail, forming a stiff ... a backwards-facing pubic bone, which is also found in modern ...