Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- A new dinosaur, called Zhenyuanlong suni, was discovered in China. The carnivore had wings and looked like a fluffy poodle, as reported in Reuters and Forbes
- A hotel in Nagasaki, Japan is using dinosaur robots to help guests check in as well as cut costs, according to Time
- The Witchita Eagle reported on a new dinosaur attraction that will be built in Derby, Kansas, to open in spring 2017 and complete with a museum, mini golf course, and a ropes course
- Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument shows a glimpse of life in the late Cretaceous, 10 million years before dinosaurs went extinct, according to the New York Times
- Scientists may be able to figure out more details about dinosaurs’ extinction, based on rocks from the Deccan Traps in India that were part of the volcanic activity that erupted around the time the comet hit (the two events may be related), according to KQED. But before and around that time, mammals “exploded” in evolution, according to Daily Mail
