Etymology. Chu (Pinyin) meaning early and herpeton (Greek) meaning creeping animal; tianyi, ancient country name for Ningcheng. Locality and horizon. Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia ...

So why is Simon looking for such small fossils, when dinosaurs are some of the largest land animals ever to have existed? The Middle Jurassic: a time of dinosaur diversification Simon's research ...

A team of international paleontologists has unearthed the oldest known cerapodan dinosaur in Morrocco. Cerapodans were a ...