New Approach for Paleontologists When Identifying Vertebrae Fossils
Fossil finds are exciting moments that sometimes introduce the world to an ancient mammal or dinosaur that existed millions of years ago. But a longstanding problem in paleontology is that...Read More
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
Family Honors Professor Peter W. Bretsky’s Legacy Through Geosciences Scholarship
The late Peter W. “Pete” Bretsky Jr. was a professor of paleontology and geological sciences at Stony Brook University with a zest for continued learning. In fact, he would often...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
