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July 1, 2004
Discovery of First T. rex Recounted
 On August 12, 1902, the legendary fossil collector Barnum Brown scribbled a note to his boss in New York from the wilderness of eastern Montana, "Quarry No. 1 contains (several bones) of a large Carnivorous Dinosaur... I have never seen anything like it..." With that announcement, Brown resurrected Tyrannosaurus rex from the 65 million-year-old rocks of the Missouri Breaks.
You can experience all the excitement and troubles that accompanied this momentous discovery in Brown's own words in a new book by Lowell Dingus entitled Hell Creek, Montana, which also recounts many other important events in evolutionary and American history that occurred in these rugged badlands, including the perilous passage of Lewis and Clark. |
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February 15, 2004
Nests Are First Ever Discovered for Giant, Plant-eating Dinosaurs
A team of researchers announced today in the journal Palaios the discovery of the first-known, well-preserved nesting structures made by giant, sauropod dinosaurs. Discovered in the remote desert of Patagonia, these 80 million-year-old nests are each between 4 and 5 feet in diameter and contain from 15-34 eggs. Geologic evidence indicates that the dinosaurs intentionally excavated the nests before laying their eggs.
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June 15, 2002
New, Meat-eating Dinosaur Discovered
A team of researchers announced today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology the discovery of a fearsome, carnivorous dinosaur previously unknown to science. This imposing predator, named Aucasaurus garridoi, roamed the floodplains of Patagonia 80 million years ago, preying on giant, long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs called titanosaurs. Read the accounts to the right to find out more about this fascinating new dinosaur, including how it was discovered.
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July 15, 2001
Symposium at L.A. County
Museum of Natural History "Dinosaur Discoverers"
Acclaimed paleontologists involved
in these discoveries talk about them, including the largest dinosaur
nesting site and first dinosaur embryos ever found, and the largest
animal ever to walk the earth - Argentinosaurus. Read more -> |
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May 19, 2001
World Premiere of New Exhibit
"Tiniest Giants"
An extraordinary new traveling
exhibit is making its premiere at the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County. It features real sauropod egg nests from Auca
Mahuevo that are 80 million years old. Read more -> |
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November 17, 1998
First Dinosaur Embryo Fossilized
Skin Found Unhatched embryos are first ever found of giant
plant-eating dinosaurs.
A team of researchers have just discovered a dinosaur
nesting ground strewn with thousands of eggs, dozens of
which still have unhatched dinosaur embryos inside. Read more -> |
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January, 1998
Dinosaurs Killed in Sudden Sand Slides Falling from Dunes in Gobi Desert
Work also uncovers first dinosaur footprints ever found in
Gobi Desert.
A team of scientists from the University of Nebraska, the American Museum of Natural
History, the Berkeley Geochronology Center and the Mongolian Technical University presents
new evidence... Read more ->
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