Palaeontologists are captivated by the size of record-breaking dinosaurs worldwide. Through measuring bone proportions and ...

Paleontologists have identified fossils of three new carnivorous dinosaur species in Australia. These include the oldest known remains of a six to seven-meter Megaraptor, the first Australian ...

One of the Victorian carcharodontosaur shinbones was found on the Otway Coast. The other was found on the Bass Coast, in rocks nearly 10 million years older. This demonstrates these predators were ...

Most of the dinosaur fossils found in Victoria belong to small plant-eaters called ornithopods. But there are also a few theropod fossils—a diverse group that includes all known carnivorous ...

The shinbone of a megaraptorid. Image credit: Nadir Kinani/Museums Victoria Most of the dinosaur fossils found in Victoria belong to small plant-eaters called ornithopods. But there are also a few ...

A landmark discovery has revealed the previously-unknown existence of a large apex predator on the prehistoric Australian continent and uncovered a predator hierarchy unique to the region.

Dr David Hone from Queen Mary University of London explains some of the challenges and opportunities of future dinosaur research.

Theropods are classified as carnivorous dinosaurs that are able to walk on two legs with hollow, thin-walled bones and usually small forelimbs – the tyrannosaurus is a famous example.

For example, we have well-studied fossils of carnivorous dinosaurs with the bones of other animals inside them. Although is incontrovertible that the carnivorous dinosaurs ate these other animals ...