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Detailed explanation-1: -Bird-Like Dinosaur? Yes, Fossils Show Such A Creature Existed In Great Britain Over 100 Million Years Ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -Researchers, including those from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, say the dinosaur named Daurlong wangi was a type of mid-sized dromaeosaurid – a group of bird-like predatory dinosaurs. This species, scientists say, primarily fed on fish, mammals, and other dinosaurs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Researchers unearthed the new species, which they named Cratonavis zhui, at a fossil site in China.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scientists unearthed a swimming, diving dinosaur Less than a month ago, paleontologists announced the discovery of Natovenator, a small and almost duck-like dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous of what’s now Mongolia.

Detailed explanation-5: -The study, published in Communications Biology on December 1, describes a newly-discovered species, Natovenator polydontus. The theropod, or hollow-bodied dinosaur with three toes and claws on each limb, lived in Mongolia during the Upper Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago.