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Photo of the dinosaur footprint discovered by four-year-old Lily Wilder. // Photo courtesy of Richard Wilder.

220-million-year-old dinosaur footprint discovered in Wales by a young girl

By Luis Armando Sanchez Diaz, February 22 2021—

Lily Wilder, a four-year-old girl, was walking alongside her parents at a Welsh beach when she made the discovery of a dinosaur footprint. It is estimated by paleontologists that the fossil has … Read the rest

Illustration of Thanatotheristes by Julius Csotonyi

University of Calgary student identifies new dinosaur species

By Mitali Pradhan, February 27 2020 —

Researchers at the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum have recently identified a new species of meat-eating dinosaur. The 79-million-year-old fossil was discovered in 2010 by John and Sandra de Groot … Read the rest