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Royal Society Open Science (2022). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220381″> Royal Society Open Science (2022). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220381″ width=”800″ height=”530″/> Diamantinasaurus matilda AODF 2298 (AODL 127) teeth (probably from the same individual as AODF 836). (a–o) Upper right teeth in mesial (a,b), mesiolabial (c), labial (d), distolabial (e,f), distal (g,h), distolingual (i), lingual (j), mesiolingual (k,l), apical (m,n) and basal (o) views. (a), (e), (g), (k), (m) and (o) are photographs; all other images are screenshots of digital models. Scale bar = 10 mm. Credit: Royal Society Open Science (2022). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220381 A team of researchers at The Jump-Up Australian Museum of Natural History of Dinosaur Age, working with colleagues from the University of New England and University College London, have discovered fossilized sauropod teeth in the Queensland Upper Cretaceous Winter Formation in Australia...

A new fossil of a dinosaur with short arms like Tyrannosaurus rex suggests that its disproportionate size served a purpose. Scientists think the carnivorous animals may have used their tiny appendages to grip one another during mating, or to help them stand up after falling. new dinosaur, Meraxes gigas lived millions of years apart from the infamous T. rex and were apparently not close relatives. The fossil was studied by researchers at the Ernesto Bachmann Museum of Paleontology in Neuquén, Argentina after it was discovered in Patagonia. They also found the species had a large, bumpy skull, possibly used for hunting. Project leader Dr Juan Canale said: ‘Actions related to predation are most likely carried out by the head. ‘I tend to think their arms are used in other kinds of activities. ‘They may have used their arms for reproductive behaviors such as holding the female during mating or supporting themselves to stand back up after a rest or fall.’ Fossils...