Scientists Discover New Dinosaur Species in New Mexico
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Scientists discover new dinosaur species in New Mexico
In 2005, research associate Robert Sullivan pulled out a lone piece of skull, specifically a frontal bone from the San Juan Basin’s Kirtland Formation. It would take another twenty-one years of careful study before scientists at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science could finally identify it as a new genus and species, Dinevenator Robustus. It was part of the troodontid group of two-legged, bird-like dinosaurs that were closer to bi…
New Mexico scientists announce discovery of ‘beefy’ new bird-like dinosaur in San Juan County
New Mexico paleontologists on Aug. 4, 2026, announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species they named Dinevenator robustus, pictured above, who lived in New Mexico more than 70 million years ago. (Courtesy New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science) The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science announced Tuesday that two of its paleontologists had identified a new bird-like dinosaur species after first discovering an unusual skul…
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