What was the rarest dinosaur?

Complete Deinonychus fossils are among the rarest of all dinosaur skeletons, and Hector is the only complete specimen in private hands, according to Christie's (two others reside in museum collections).
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What is the rarest dinosaur in history?

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs. PICTURED: Artwork of oviraptor dinosaur brooding on a nest of blue-green eggs.
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What is the coolest dinosaur ever?

Top 10 Coolest Dinosaurs to Ever Roam the Earth
  • #8: Spinosaurus. ...
  • #7: Troodon. ...
  • #6: Iguanodon. ...
  • #5: Ankylosaurus. ...
  • #4: Stegosaurus. ...
  • #3: Deinonychus. ...
  • #2: Triceratops. ...
  • #1: Tyrannosaurus Rex. One of the largest land predators to ever walk the Earth, but not THE biggest as we've already seen, the T.
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What is the most mysterious dinosaur?

The paucity of known Deinocheirus remains inhibited a thorough understanding of the animal for almost half a century onwards, and the scientific literature often described it as among the most "enigmatic", "mysterious", and "bizarre" of dinosaurs.
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What is the rarest fossil?

Fossils of birds from this time period are rare, with baby fossils seen as "the rarest of the rare". Scientists say the discovery gives a peek into the lives of the ancient, long-extinct birds that lived between 250 and 66 million years ago.
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What is the ugliest dinosaur?

The 10 Ugliest Dinosaurs
  • of 10. Hippodraco. Lukas Panzarin. ...
  • of 10. Isisaurus. Dmitri Bogdanov. ...
  • of 10. Jeyawati. Lukas Panzarin. ...
  • of 10. Masiakasaurus. Lukas Panzarin. ...
  • of 10. Nigersaurus. Australian Museum. ...
  • of 10. Pegomastax. Pegomastax (Tyler Keillor). ...
  • of 10. Suzhousaurus. Wikimedia Commons. ...
  • of 10. Tianyulong. Nobu Tamura.
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Has a megalodon skeleton ever been found?

Fossil remains of megalodon have been found in shallow tropical and temperate seas along the coastlines and continental shelf regions of all continents except Antarctica.
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Are dinosaurs coming back in 2050?

The Adam Smith Institute, a British think tank, has released a new report predicting what life will be like in 2050. According to the report: "Several species of dinosaur will be recreated, making their appearance on Earth for the first time in 66 million years.
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What was the last dinosaur to exist?

For now, however, the 65-million-year-old Triceratops is the world's last known surviving dinosaur.
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What dinosaur has no arms?

One of the groups living in Gondwana at the time were the abelisaurid dinosaurs. These were a group of top predatory theropods which may have fed on large dinosaurs such as titanosaurs. Yet despite this fearsome lifestyle, they were able to take down their massive prey without the use of arms.
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What dinosaur has 1000 teeth?

Nigersaurus -- so named because it was discovered in Niger -- had the long neck of a Diplodocus and up to 1,000 teeth in its intricate jaws, Sereno, of the University of Chicago, said on Monday.
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What was the cutest dinosaur?

Top 10 Cutest Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era
  • of 10. Gigantoraptor. ...
  • of 10. Leaellynasaura. ...
  • of 10. Limusaurus. ...
  • of 10. Mei. ...
  • of 10. Micropachycephalosaurus. ...
  • of 10. Minmi. ...
  • of 10. Nothronychus. ...
  • of 10. Unaysaurus. Fossils of the Unaysaurus have been found in the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
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What is the fastest dinosaur?

The fastest dinosaur could be the Struthiomimus, running up to 60 mph (96 kph). The dinosaur Compsognathus ran around 40 mph (64 kph), and the Megalosaurus ran about 30 mph (48 kph). The Dilophosaurus could run about 20 mph (32 kph).
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What dinosaur has 50000 teeth?

Nigersaurus had a delicate skull and an extremely wide mouth lined with teeth especially adapted for browsing plants close to the ground.
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Has a full T. rex been found?

The world's most expensive fossil, Stan the T. Rex, has finally been found after two years. ABC News' Will Ganss explains how. It's extremely rare to find a complete skeleton of a dinosaur.
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What was the first dinosaur?

Nyasasaurus Parringtoni is believed to be the earliest dinosaur to have ever lived on Earth. It predates all other dinosaurs by more than 10 million years.
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Are dinosaurs still alive 2022?

Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
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What dinosaur survived the longest?

  • When Supersaurus was alive about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period, it exceeded 128 feet (39 meters) and possibly even reached 137 feet (42 m) from snout to tail, Curtice's new research found. ...
  • News of the beastly bones made headlines.
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Does dinosaur DNA exist?

Bottom line: We can't recreate dinosaurs from their DNA because the DNA no longer exists. DNA disintegrates in about 7 million years, and dinosaurs lived 65 million years ago.
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Is Jurassic Park possible?

The possibility of a Jurassic Park-like recreation is far from possible, says a paleontologist. There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have been fascinated by the world created in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park and others who are petrified by the sheer possibility of it.
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Can we create dinosaurs?

Dig up a fossil today, and any dino-DNA within would have long since fallen apart. That means, as far as scientists know, and even using the best technology available today, it's not possible to make a dinosaur from its DNA.
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Was Jaws a megalodon?

A new study from the University of Bristol and Swansea University has calculated the total body size of the Otodus megalodon - the distant ancestor of the great white shark depicted in hit blockbuster, Jaws, in 1975.
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Is megalodon still alive in 2021?

Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago.
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Is Deep Blue Still Alive 2021?

This massive great white shark is said to be around 50 years old. Researchers say that she will continue to grow in size over time, though at a much slower pace than before. As with most female great whites and great white sharks in general, Deep Blue has an estimated life expectancy of around 70 years.
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