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New bizarre 'genus of hump-backed dinosaur discovered in Spain. It was a carcharodontosaurid.

A new genus of short-armed dromaeosaurid is described from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China.
The hair-like filaments found in pterosaurs are officially described as pycnofibers.
A new report from the scientific journal Lethaia suggests that theropod dinosaurs preyed upon juveniles and newborns, as opposed to fully grown adults.
A new analysis of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex has confirmed traces of protein from blood and bone, tendons, or cartilage.
Newly described remains of the stem-group mammal Suminia are announced which indicate that it was aboreal and had opposable, grasping thumbs.

A new species of the therizinosaur Nothronychus, N. graffami, is announced.
A new theropod from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco, Kemkemia, is described.
Trace fossils of dinosaur burrows found in Victoria, Australia are described in the journal Cretaceous Research.
Armadillosuchus, an armored crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, is described in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences.
Three new Australian dinosaurs are described in the online journal PLoS ONE, Australovenator, Diamantinasaurus, and Wintonotitan.
The discovery of Ganlea megacania is announced and may provide clues as to how some primates relate to each other.
Joan Wiffen, who found the first dinosaur bones in New Zealand and was a recipient of the Morris Skinner Award from SVP has died at age 87.
A recent review of the dinosaur genus Saurornithoides has determined that one species, S. junior, is lacking and has been assigned to the new genus Zanabazar.

A new study that analyzed the teeth of the hadrosaur Edmontosaurus suggests that hadrosaurs were more likely to graze on low-growing, silica-rich plants than on tall bushes.
The description of Megapiranha, the giant 3 foot long transitional piranha, is announced in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
The largest allosauroid theropod tooth is described by paleontologists in Spain.
Chinese paleontologist Zhai Renjie dies from complications due to blood vessel tumors on June 22. He was 77.
The discovery of the new Late Jurassic herbivorous ceratosaur from China, Limusaurus (pictured) is announced in the journal Nature.
A new species of Psittacosaurus, Psittacosaurus gobiensis, is announced.
Fossilized teeth of Anchitherium, a three-toed browsing horse, are discovered in Panama Canal sediments.
Anoiapithecus brevirostris, is a newly described 12 million year old hominid that had modern facial features.
A new paper published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica suggests that sauropods kept their heads up high, not horizontally.
A new extinct lemur species is discovered in Madagascar.

Paleontologists announce the discovery of Darwinius masillae, a 47-million-year-old fossil, may represent an important intermediate form in primate evolution.
New research has been published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica regarding Paleocene dinosaurs.
The oldest known dinosaur proteins are found in the fossilized leg of an 80-million-year-old duck-billed dinosaur!
The discovery of Puijila darwini, the oldest ancestor of modern pinnipeds ever found, is announced.
New chinese dinosaurs are announced, including the forefather of Tyrannosaurus and the largest ornithomimosaurid yet.

Recent events regarding the Sacaco dentition have come to light, revealing that the shark was about 20 years old when it died.
The oldest known fossil brain of a prehistoric fish is found.

Fossils of a 10 million-year-old bird are found in Peru.
A missing link in the evolution of the front claw of living scorpions and horseshoe crabs was identified with the discovery of a 390 million-year-old fossil by researchers at Yale and the University of Bonn, Germany.