A fossil of the 23-foot-long predator could help unlock secrets of an order of dinosaurs that remain poorly understood. By Asher Elbein In 2019, a team of researchers uncovered a 70-million-year-old ...

Joaquinraptor is a newly discovered species of megaraptor that was found with the leg bone of a crocodyliform (a crocodile ancestor) in its mouth. This is the most complete megaraptor skeleton ever ...

An artistic rendering of a Joaquinraptor casali with a croc leg in its mouth. Andrew McAfee / Carnegie Museum Paleontologists working in Argentina have revealed one of the most complete megaraptor ...

A dinosaur that may have been one of the fiercest of the Cretaceous period has been excavated in South America – with an extinct crocodile’s leg in its jaws. The remains of the dinosaur, named ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Paleontologists have discovered a carnivorous dinosaur in central ...

J. casali was a type of theropod dinosaur known as a megaraptor, or "large thief," that lived in the final stages of the Cretaceous period between about 70 million and 66 million years ago, before the ...

The name 'Megaraptor' almost sounds made up - the product of a hollywood monster movie; a Jurassic World hybrid dinosaur, perhaps. While scientists do tend to give dinosaurs more dramatic names than ...