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The skeleton of Abditosaurus kuehnei is the most complete titanosaur fossil discovered so far in Europe

Fossils of the newly-discovered species, called Abditosaurus kuehnei, have been uncovered from Orcau, in the southern Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain.

Barcelona, Spain, Feb 7 (EFE).- Scientists have identified a new species of dinosaur that once roamed Spain around 70 million years ago. Coming in at 18 meters (60 feet) in length and weighing over 14 tons, Abditosaurus kuehnei was among the last of the titanosaurian sauropod communities in Europe before the extinction of the dinosaurs …

An entirely new genus and species of duck-billed dinosaur (hadrosaurid) has been unearthed in New Mexico. A partial skeleton (which included a portion of its skull) was discovered at the Menefee Formation in San Juan County. The study described how significant the area was in which the skeleton was found, “The Menefee Formation represents one of the most promising frontiers for exploring the early evolution of major dinosaur groups in Laramidia, the Upper Cretaceous landmass consisting of Mexico, the western United States, western Canada, and Alaska.” This new species, which has been name...

The Leader Newspaper 66m year old Dinosaur bone found in Spain By Andrew Atkinson A new genus and species of troodontid dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago at the very end of the Cretaceous period has been identified from an isolated bone found in Catalonia, Spain. Tamarro insperatus lived in what is known as the Ibero-Armorican island during the latest Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period, about 200,000 years before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. “During the latest Cretaceous (77-66 million years ago) in the run-up to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, Euro...