Ancient Dinosaurs - ancient.com

Flying reptile discovered in Scotland

Ancient Britain, Ancient Dinosaurs / Sean Ra

The fossil of a 170 million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world’s best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye thanks to its jawbone peeking out from a limestone seashore. Researchers said on Tuesday this pterosaur, named Dearc sgiathanach, lived roughly 170 million years ago during the Jurassic Period, […]

Flying reptile discovered in Scotland Read More »

Ancient old dinosaur embryo found in China

An exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo thought to date back at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken was discovered in China, scientists announced Tuesday. The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed