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Scientists in Spain discovered the first Diplodocus skeleton ever found outside North America, rewriting what we know about how dinosaurs moved between continents 150 million years ago. The remarkably complete find proves these giant herbivores traveled farther than anyone imagined.
A parking lot construction project uncovered the first new dinosaur fossils excavated at Dinosaur National Monument in over a century. The 150-million-year-old bones likely belong to a massive long-necked Diplodocus and extend far beyond the parking lot site.
Construction workers accidentally discovered dinosaur fossils at Dinosaur National Monument last September, marking the first fossil excavation at that location since 1924. Scientists believe the 3,000 pounds of fossils belong to Diplodocus, an 80-foot-long giant that once roamed Colorado in herds.