Rewriting the Story of the Tyrannosaurus Rex
Stony Brook paleontologist’s paper provides evidence Nanotyrannus was not a ‘teenage’ T. rexFor decades, paleontologists believed that the dinosaur discovered in the 1940s — Nanotyrannus — was a juvenile or “teenaged” Tyrannosaurus Rex....Read More
It’s All in the Wrist: Dinosaur Bone May Alter View of the Evolution of Flight
An analysis of two theropod dinosaur fossils shows they had a type of carpal bone in their wrists — a bone considered important to flight in birds. This discovery by...Read More
SBU Paleontologist Part of Team to Identify New Dinosaur Species
Kimberley Chapelle helped discover and identify the find, named Musankwa sanyatiensis Long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropodomorphs — a group of mainly bipedal dinosaurs that lived some 210 million years ago...Read More
