“We determined that in terms of age, these footprints were similar,” study co-author and Southern Methodist University paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs said in a statement. “In their geological and ...

Some 230 million years ago, all of the world’s land masses were mashed together in a supercontinent called Pangaea. It’s there that the first dinosaurs emerged. Based on the previous discoveries, it ...

The oldest dinosaur ever discovered in Africa is 230 million years old, paleontologists have found. The near-complete skeleton was unearthed over the course of two years by a team of paleontologists ...

An international team of paleontologists have uncovered what they believe to be the oldest dinosaur skeleton ever discovered in Africa. The skeleton of the Mbiresaurus raathi — described as a ...

The fossil skull of a peculiar, wrinkle-faced dinosaur unearthed four years ago in the Sahara is providing new evidence that Africa split from the other southern continents more recently than ...

Few prehistoric creatures generate as much excitement and awe as dinosaurs. Whether it’s the “tyrant” T-Rex or a slim-necked Brachiosaurus, people are fascinated by these creatures that dominated ...

The first fossils of a duckbilled dinosaur have been discovered in Africa, suggesting dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometres of open water to get there. The study, published in Cretaceous Research, ...

Sauropods were dinosaurs that truly lived large. This group of long-necked, four-legged herbivores, such as the celebrated species Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus, included the largest creatures to ever ...

Scientists working in Morocco have discovered the very first apostles of a duckbilled dinosaur ever found in Africa. The findings suggest that the dinosaurs crossed hundreds of kilometers of open ...

Minqaria bata was around the size of a pony (3-4 metres long) and closely resembles the European species of duckbill dinosaur. Fossils of pony-sized duckbill dinosaurs from Morocco have been ...

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — When you visit African Safari Wildlife Park in Port Clinton, you are bound to run into a variety of exotic animals. But this summer, when you visit the park's "Walk-Thru Safari," ...

Paleontologists have found and named Africa’s oldest definitive dinosaur, this week. The Mbiresaurus raathi—described as a long-neck plant-eating dinosaur—was found in northern Zimbabwe, according to ...