#braincase

Sinosaurus is the only "dilophosaurid" known from a complete braincase. Fellow "dilophosaurids" Cryolophosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Zupaysaurus and Coelophysis kayentakatae are all known only from partial braincases. Two partial, mostly comlete, braincases have been assigned to Sinosaurus, and in 2011 an exceptionally well-preserved braincase was found, which was missing only the frontal bones and orbitosphenoid.

This Week in Dinosaur News: New smallest ever dinosaur footprints, a new dinosaur from Utah, and more

Smallest ever dinosaur prints found in South Korea. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35289-4

  Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:

The smallest dinosaur footprints ever were discovered found in South Korea source

Differences in Dilong and T. rex braincases show how tyrannosaurs changed as they evolved source

The most complete North American enantiornithine, Mirarce,…

This Week in Dinosaur News: New dinosaurs found in Montana, Brazil, and China, and other stories

Photo by Elaine Thompson/AP; illustration by The Washington Post Retrieved from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/03/tinder-for-t-rex-experts-helped-us-write-dating-profiles-for-dinosaurs/?utm_term=.b3404ac54998 Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news: New tyrannosaur from Montana named Daspletosaurus horneri published with a description of crocodile-like…

Fossil Analysis Reveals This Well-Armored Dinosaur Was Probably Sluggish And Deaf

Reanalyzing fossils can often lead to new discoveries, as has been the case with a study of an 80 million-year-old Late Cretaceous Struthiosaurus austriacus skull. A new analysis reveals the dinosaur was likely sluggish in its movements and was probably largely deaf as well.   Researchers used a high-resolution 3D scan of a partial braincase section – just 50 millimeters (nearly 2 inches) in…

I Know Dino Podcast Episode 296: #Dilophosaurus had tall air-filled crests, The controversial #Oculudentavis paper was retracted, a pair of Ankylosaur brains were described, #dinosaur of the day Daemonosaurus, and more

Episode 296 is all about Daemonosaurus, the small, buck toothed, Triassic carnivore from New Mexico.

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