13 August 2026 EN everythingdinosaur ✎ édité manuellement

A New Genus of Troodontid Dinosaur from New Mexico

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Palaeontologists have named a new species of theropod dinosaur from New Mexico. The dinosaur, Dinevenator robustus, lived around 73 million years ago (Campanian faunal stage of the Late Cretaceous). Researchers identified the dinosaur from a fossil skull bone (a frontal) found in north-western New Mexico. It represents a new genus and species of troodontid. Troodontids

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Scientific reference

Steven E. Jasinski & Robert M. Sullivan. 2026. Dinevenator, a New Genus of Troodontid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico. Foss. Stud 4 (3): 21

DOI: 10.3390/fossils4030021 ↗

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