Figure 1: Holotype of Mei long (IVPP V12733). This specimen displays the earliest recorded occurrence of the stereotypical sleeping or resting behaviour found in living birds. The body sits on folded ...

Could the smartest raptors have been the biggest ones? This has become a burning issue for paleontologists, thanks to the recent find of a gigantic troodontid named Fujianipus yingliangi , whose huge ...

Meet Jianianhualong tengi, a new species of troodontid dinosaur and a close relative of modern birds that has been discovered in China. This species is not only interesting for being new and adding to ...

In a city outside Kyoto more than a decade ago, amateur researchers discovered something sticking out of the rocks at a public park construction project. Su San Lee via Unsplash More than a decade ago ...

Machine learning models can be trained to identify individual dinosaur teeth. The technique, being pioneered by scientists from the Museum, can be used to address some of the biggest mysteries in ...

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The articulated foot of Talos sampsoni. The second toe (DII) bore a retractable sickle claw From Zanno et al., 2011 September has been a good month for troodontid dinosaurs. Earlier this month ...