‘Swamp dweller’ found in Colorado lived among the dinosaurs
A team of paleontologists has made a significant discovery near Rangely, Colorado - unearthing a new species of fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that lived during the age of dinosaurs. Led by paleontologist Jaelyn Eberle from the University of Colorado Boulder, the researchers published their findings in the journal PLoS ONE. Small mammal among Colorado dinosaurs The fossil, identified from a jawbone fragment and three molar teeth, has been named Heleocola piceanus, which means “swamp dweller” in Latin. This small mammal roamed Colorado roughly 70 to 75 million years ago, during a period when much of the American West was submerged...
Paleontologists find an allosaurus snout on Children's Museum's dinosaur dig
Paleontologists on a Wyoming dig led by The Children's Museum have discovered a rarity: the almost intact snout of an allosaurus. While digging with a piece of construction equipment, site manager Hamilton Timmons lifted a block of rock that contained the specimen, according to a news release from the museum. The team...