For 50 years, the dinosaur was just a pair of arms. But what arms! Each was eight feet (2.4 metres) long, and ended in three eight-inch (20-centimetre) claws. You can understand why the scientists who ...

Five years ago, there wasn’t much one could say about Deinocheirus—but thanks to some amazing new discoveries, we can finally start connecting the dots and exposing the secrets of this enigmatic ...

Deinocheirus mirificus, or ‘unusual horrible hand’, had long, clawed forearms, a sail on its back and a duck-like bill Nearly 50 years after researchers uncovered the gigantic arms of a mysterious ...

Just in time for Halloween, an international team of researchers has unearthed fossils from Mongolia with seemingly mismatched body parts: a beaked, humpbacked, ostrich-like dinosaur with incredibly ...

In 1965, paleontologists dug up a gargantuan pair of dinosaur arms in Mongolia. Their shape and hollow build suggested they belonged to a fearsome predator like the two-storey-tall Tyrannosaurus rex — ...

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Monster dinosaur The true identity of a mysterious dinosaur known only from a pair of gigantic arms with huge claws that were found almost half a century ago has finally been revealed. Two recently ...

A huge hump-backed 'ostrich' dinosaur, taller than a London bus and with arms eight feet (2.4 metres) long tipped with razor sharp claws, has been modelled based on Mongolia fossils. Two almost ...

Deinocheiridae. Deinocheirus mirificus and all taxa sharing a more recent common ancestor with it than with Ornithomimus velox. Revised diagnosis of the Deinocheiridae. Ornithomimosaurs in which ...

Nearly 50 years ago, fossil hunters unearthed the bones of two large, powerful dinosaur arms in Mongolia and figured they had discovered a fearsome critter with killer claws. Now an international team ...

Flamboyant spines, “terrible hands,” and thagomizers — take a tour of fossilized oddities. Discover the bizarre wonders of prehistoric creatures with our collection of the weirdest dinosaurs. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1965, paleontologists dug up a gargantuan pair of dinosaur arms in Mongolia. Their shape and hollow build suggested they ...