A type of dinosaur known as an ornithopod ... The right lower jaw of Weewarrasaurus showcases the rainbow hues of opal in the fossil. Photograph by Robert A. Smith “As a paleontologist I ...

Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and ... This was the time of T-Rex when massive dinosaurs roamed the ...

Encouragingly, one major opalized fossil haul from the Ridge, an assemblage of dinosaur bones, including the world’s most complete opalized dinosaur skeleton, recently came into the collection ...

they also represent the most complete dinosaur fossil yet found preserved in opal. Discovered near the town of Lightning Ridge, about 450 miles northwest of Sydney, the hundred-odd bones have a ...

Opalized fossils from the collection of the Australian Opal Centre, in the hand of Lightning Ridge opal miner Butch McFadden. The largest piece is a tail bone from the dinosaur Fostoria dhimbangunmal.

(Supplied: Bob Smith) "Two natural phenomena that are stupidly unlikely — the formation of a fossil and the formation of opal — coalescing in these objects. Opalised dinosaur fossils from ...

Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. A first-of-its-kind fossil of a mammal and a dinosaur from around 125 million years ago "locked in mortal combat" challenges the ...

A fossil unearthed in northeastern China captures the two creatures — a badgerlike animal called Repenomamus robustus and a species of plant-eating dinosaur known as Psittacosaurus — forever ...

Now, a newly discovered fossil of a bird-like dinosaur could answer some evolutionary questions. The unusual fossil, dubbed a Fujianvenator prodigiosus, is of a bird-like dinosaur with ...

NEW YORK − The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold will have a temporary home in Manhattan while on display at the American Museum of Natural History beginning Sunday. The nearly complete ...