Tag Archive for 'Inner Mongolia'

Model of Psittacosaurus sp. based on skin and pigmentation patterns on the specimen from the Senckenberg Museum, Germany. Image credit: Jakob Vinther et al.

115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Recovered from Deep Drill Core in China

Sep 7, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists have identified the first dinosaur fossil from a remote western section of the Bayan Gobi Formation in China’s Inner Mongolia, extending the...

Fossilized wings of the nine ensiferan species analyzed by Gu et al. Image credit: Gu et al., doi: 10.1073/pnas.2615107123.

Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects

Aug 25, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids from fossilized...

Life reconstruction of Yuanyanglong bainian. Image credit: Sci.News / Ddinodan.

New Oviraptorosaur Species Discovered in China

Nov 5, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of early-diverging oviraptorosaurian dinosaur has been identified from two specimens found in Inner Mongolia, China. Life reconstruction...

Dianoconodon youngi. Image credit: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

New Jurassic Fossils Document Evolutionary Changes of Jaw Joint to Mammalian Middle Ear

Apr 3, 2024 by News Staff

Two new Jurassic species — the morganucodontan-like Dianoconodon youngi and the pseudotribosphenic shuotheriid Feredocodon chowi — offer key...

Reconstruction of the small-bodied theropod dinosaur Fukuivenator paradoxus, a sister taxon of Migmanychion laiyang. Image credit: Piotr Menshikov / Sci.News.

New Species of Theropod Dinosaur Identified in China

Jun 12, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of maniraptoran dinosaur has been described from the fossilized skeletal material found in Inner Mongolia, China. Reconstruction...

Close-up of the holotype of Moqisaurus pulchrum. Image credit: Dong et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105363.

Paleontologists Discover Extinct Lizard that Lived among Dinosaurs

Jan 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of fossil lizard has been described from two fossilized specimens found in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Close-up of the holotype...

Daurlong wangi skull. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24602-x.

New Bird-Like Dinosaur Species Found with Remains of Frog in Its Stomach

Nov 21, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

More than 120 million years ago in what is now China, a hungry dromaeosaurid dinosaur ate a small frog. Daurlong wangi holotype: (a) whole specimen, (b)...

Using field surveys and manipulative experiments, Zhong et al. evaluated how habitat modification by Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) influences predation risk from shrikes in a steppe grassland, located in Inner Mongolia, China. Image credit: Guoliang Li.

Brandt’s Voles Trim Tall Grass to Watch Predatory Birds, Study Shows

Mar 11, 2022 by News Staff

A steppe-dwelling rodent species called the Brandt’s vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) actively modifies habitat structure by cutting down a large, unpalatable...