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By Will Dunham May 29 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull - 5 feet long (1.5 meters) and ...

Could theropod dinosaurs have eaten dinosaurs of their own kind? It looks like they did when food was scarce in ancient Colorado around 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Theropods ...

For decades, the word “theropod” was synonymous with “meat-eating dinosaur”. Their ranks included such illustrious carnivores as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Spinosaurus and many others that have yet ...

Raptor dinosaurs like the iconic Velociraptor from the movie franchise Jurassic Park are renowned for their "fear-factor." Their terrifying image has been popularized in part because members of this ...

The evolution of tiny arms in several groups of meat-eating dinosaurs was likely driven by the development of strong, powerful heads, which were used to attack prey, according to a new study led by ...

Earlier this week a new paper in the journal PLoS One reported a set of fossilized impressions that showed how theropod dinosaurs held their hands. Scientists were able to confirm that theropods' ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Baron et al. (2017) list a set of features ...

A new peculiar theropod dinosaur, Ambopteryx longibranchium, has been named and taxonomically classified after a fossil unearthed in the Liaoning Province of northeast China reveals a divergence from ...