No alternative hypothesis has been offered to explain the multiple similarities between birds and theropods, however, and there is scant evidence to support a link to any of the other animals that ...

One of the most important groups of dinosaurs is the theropods from the Mesozoic Era. The group includes well-known predators such as Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus. They were also the predecessors ...

with every descendant smaller than its ancestor,” study author Michael Lee of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide told the BBC. Tinier theropods may have found it easier to adapt to different ...

During this time, Gondwanan began breaking up. As the continent broke apart, dinosaur evolution changed and diverged with it. In South America, for example, theropods like carcharodontosaurs dominated ...

In 2022, experts uncovered certain dinosaur tracks on Australia’s southern coast, suggesting that large theropods frequented the area during the Early Cretaceous Period. At that time Australia ...