2014 Discoveries
Dreadnoughtus schrani lived in temperate forests in what is now the south of South America during the Upper Cretaceous period, around 77 million years ago. This dinosaur weighed as much as a dozen African elephants or more than seven T. rexes. It was about 26 m long and a mass of 59.3 tons
Pelagornis sandersi is the largest flying bird yet discovered. At 6.4 m, the wingspan of this bird was about two times that of the Royal Albatross (Diomedea exulans), the largest living flying bird. It lived in what is now North America approximately 28 million years ago.
More Fun Facts
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Only one complete or even partial dinosaur skeleton is needed in order to identify an entirely new species. Almost half of the 1,200 or so dinosaurs that have been named are known from unique single specimens
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Thomas Jefferson was an avid paleontologist. As early as the 1790s he kept an impressive fossil collection at his home in Monticello.
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There is a mueseum for dinosaur discovery in Kenosha Wisconsin