Was a dragon really found?
In the icy badlands of Alberta, paleontologists have found a “frozen dragon”: a new genus of pterosaur that once soared over the heads of dinosaurs with a wingspan that stretched at least 16 feet.
Has anyone found a dragon fossil?
The fossil was first unearthed by a farmer in the fossil-rich Jehol region more than a decade ago — and had been sitting undiscovered in a northeastern Chinese natural history museum before Poust’s team analyzed it. The specimen was in fantastic shape, researchers report.
Has a dinosaur ever been found frozen?
Instead Funk stumbled upon the oldest Albertan dinosaur ever found, frozen in stone as if it had gazed upon Medusa. “That was a really exciting discovery,” says Victoria Arbour, an armored-dinosaur paleontologist at Canada’s Royal Ontario Museum.
What is the rarest fossil ever found?
Sue (dinosaur)
| Sue on display in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago | |
|---|---|
| Catalog no. | FMNH PR 2081 |
| Species | Tyrannosaurus rex |
| Age | about 67 million years |
| Place discovered | Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota, U.S. |
Are Scientist bringing back dinosaurs?
In the 1993 film Jurassic Park, scientists bring dinosaurs back from extinction using DNA extracted from mosquitoes that were preserved in amber for millions of years. While dinosaur DNA remains elusive in real life, the idea of resurrecting extinct species is gaining traction in plant genome research.
Is there a megalodon living in the Mariana Trench?
But could megalodon still exist? ‘No. It’s definitely not alive in the deep oceans, despite what the Discovery Channel has said in the past,’ notes Emma. ‘If an animal as big as megalodon still lived in the oceans we would know about it.
Are scientists bringing back titanoboa?
As the Earth’s temperatures rise, there’s a possibility the Titanoboa – or something like it – could make a comeback. But scientist Dr Carlos Jaramillo points out that it wouldn’t happen quickly: “It takes geological time to develop a new species. It could take a million years – but perhaps they will!”
Will extinct animals come back?
Cloning is a commonly suggested method for the potential restoration of an extinct species. It can be done by extracting the nucleus from a preserved cell from the extinct species and swapping it into an egg, without a nucleus, of that species’ nearest living relative. Cloning has been used in science since the 1950s.