Dinosaur
Join the GCM for an exciting dinosaur adventure these school holidays
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) invites all young adventurers to embark on a thrilling time-travel journey with dinosaurs in the special school holiday program, “On the Trail of Dinosaurs.”
This engaging, hands-on experience will be held on:
The fossils of a herbivorous dinosaur, believed to have lived approximately 125 million years ago, have been discovered
The remains of a herbivore dinosaur estimated to have lived around 125 million years ago have been found on the Isle of Wight in England, with scientists believing it is the most complete specimen to have been found in Britain in a century.
Mammals may have hunted down dinosaurs for dinner
An unusual find in China suggests some early mammals may have hunted dinosaur for dinner.
The fossil shows a badgerlike creature chomping down on a small, beaked dinosaur, their skeletons intertwined. The find comes from a site known as "China's Pompeii," where mud and debris from long-ago volcanoes buried creatures in their tracks.
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Remains of new species of duck-billed dinosaur found in Chile
Remains of a species of herbivorous dinosaur previously unknown in the southern hemisphere have been discovered in Chile, challenging long-held beliefs about the range of duck-billed dinosaurs, scientists said on June 17.
Measuring up to four meters in length and weighing a ton, Gonkoken nanoi lived 72 million years ago in the extreme south of what is now Chilean Patagonia.
Has T. rex lost its bite? Menacing snarl may be wrong
The Tyrannosaurus rex is often shown baring massive, sharp teeth, like the ferocious creature in "Jurassic Park." But new research suggests that this classic image might be wrong.
Four dinosaur species found in Chilean valley
Scientists have found the remains of four species of dinosaurs, including a megaraptor, in an inhospitable valley in Chilean Patagonia that has emerged over the past decade as an important fossil deposit, researchers said on Jan. 11.
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Skeleton of huge dinosaur unearthed in Portugal
Paleontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.
The remains are thought to be those of a sauropod, a herbivorous dinosaur 12 meters (39 feet) tall and 25 meters long that roamed the Earth around 150 million years ago.
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Did humans walk the Earth with Dinosaurs? Triceratops horn dated to 33.500 years
“It became clear years ago that paleontologists were not just neglecting to test dinosaur bones for C-14 content but were refusing to”
World’s biggest triceratops sells for $7.7 million in Paris
The world's biggest triceratops skeleton, known as "Big John," was sold for 6.6 million euros Oct. 21 to a private collector at a Paris auction house.
Small carnivorous dinosaur discovered
Fossilized remains of a new species of dinosaur that lived 90 million years ago have been discovered in Patagonia, Argentine paleontologists announced on June 4.
The winged dinosaur had legs similar to the velociraptor and experts believe it may hold the key to revealing information about the evolution of birds.
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