Tag Archive for 'Montana'

Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point (Tasmania), by John Glover, 1834.

Tasmania, Western North America were Once Neighbors, Finds New Research

Aug 4, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study led by Dr Joanne Whittaker of the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, the Australia’s...

Triceratops models at JuraPark in Solec Kujawski, Poland. Image credit: CLI / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Research Provides New Insights into Evolution of Triceratops

Jul 1, 2014 by News Staff

A new study led by paleontologist John Scannella of Montana State University provides a detailed look at shifts in the morphology of Triceratops –...

Mercuriceratops gemini. Image credit: Danielle Dufault / Gerhard Boeggemann.

Mercuriceratops: New Long-Horned Dinosaur Discovered

Jun 18, 2014 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists from Canada and the United States has discovered a new genus and species of horned, plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the...

This is an artist's impression of the newly discovered Acheroraptor temertyorum, which lived at the same time as Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

Acheroraptor temertyorum: New Dinosaur Discovered in Montana

Dec 20, 2013 by News Staff

Canadian paleontologists have described a new genus and species of raptor dinosaur that lived in western North America about 66 million years ago, at the...