Top 10 dinosaur discoveries of 2021

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When it came to dinosaur discoveries, this year didn't disappoint. Here are 10 times dinosaur news that came out in the last 12 months.

 

1. First preserved dinosaur butthole

This opening isn't like any other on record. "It's its own cloaca, shaped in its perfect, unique way," Jakob Vinther, Brithis paleobiologist said.

 

2. T. rex numbered in the billions

Researches estimated 2.5 billion T. rex dinos existed before the mass extinction event caused by the asteroid hitting Earth. Habitat size, generation time and total number of generations were factored.

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3. Supersaurus is the longest dinosaur on record

The longest dinosaurv that ever existed is the aptly named Supersaurus, which exceeded 128 feet/39 meters, according to new research.

 

4. Dinosaurs young and old traveled in herds

Long-necked dinosaurs, from mouse-size hatchlings to gigantic adults, traveled together in herds 40 million years earlier than previously thought, a dinosaur graveyard discovered in Argentina revealed. It seemes that the herds had defined internal structures.

 

5. Dino died sheltering eggs

An ostrich-like dinosaur that died brooding a nest of eggs has become a one-of-a-kind discovery: It's one of the only dinosaur specimen found sitting on top of eggs.

 

6. Some dinosaurs, not T. rex, were extremely fast

Meat-eating dinosaurs sprinted at speeds of nearly 28 mph (45 km/h), according to an analysis of two dinosaur trackways in northern Spain.

 

7. Shark-toothed dinosaur was larger than its rival tyrannosaur

This beast, the newly described Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, was a so-called shark-toothed dinosaur, or carcharodontosaur, according to a September study in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

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8. Tyrannosaurs had fight clubs

Fearsome tyrannosaurs bit each other's faces, but likely not with the intention to kill. Instead, these predators probably got bitey when they were battling for prizes, like territory, mates or higher status.

 

9. Long-necked dinosaurs migrated long distances

In the Jurassic period, long-necked dinosaurs, called sauropods, swallowed pink quartzite gastroliths in what is now Wisconsin and later died in what is now Wyoming, leaving the stones in a new spot, researchers wrote in a February study in the journal Terra Nova. 

 

10. Weird ankylosaur had an Aztec war club-like tail

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This year revealed a totally unknown lineage of ankylosaurs in the Southern Hemisphere, and these dinos had unique tails.

 

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[A MESS 3,938]

not the butthole.......

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6 minutes ago, A MESS said:

not the butthole.......

On one hand, I wish I threaded it because it seems interesting & something you don't read all the time.

On the other hand, who knows what that could have awaken on this kind of site. 

[nATAH 56,845]

imagine your bussy being preserved like that 

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I think number 1 entry will be popular in this thread. Just a feeling.

[AnglerfishbraBENUS 5,734]

I'm perched for chickens to re-peak with their new T-rex level era, but im afraid it might be too late

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2 hours ago, AnglerfishbraBENUS said:

I'm perched for chickens to re-peak with their new T-rex level era, but im afraid it might be too late

It's never too late for some backwards evolution.