| Two New Huge Carnivorous Dinosaurs: 7.6 m (25 ft) Long! |
 | These were the masters of Africa 110-million-year ago: two large theropode (carnivore) dinosaurs that grew up to 25 ft (7.6 m) long. The two new species described in the Acta Palaeontologica Polonica journal are Eocarcharia dinops ("fierce-eyed dawn shark"), a predator armed with huge, shark-like teeth, and Kryptops palaios ("old hidden face"), probably a hyena-like scavenger. The new species were found in t ... [read more >>] |
| 15 February 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 6 Things You Did Not Know about the Jaguar |
 | 1.The jaguar's closest relative is not the leopard, as you would have thought due to the spotted coat pattern, but the ...lion!
A large European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) roamed the European Mediterranean and temperate forests 1.5 Ma ago. This cat evolved into a lion and then into a jaguar.
The direct ancestor of the modern jaguar is the Ice Age North American jaguar Panthera augusta. This jaguar species lived 1,800,000 ... [read more >>] |
| 26 October 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |