Category: Jurassic

Giant Flying Insect Found on Walmart in Arkansas Turns out to Be Surviving Jurassic-Era Relic

A bug expert found a huge winged insect—misidentified as your average dragonfly—on the side of an Arkansas Walmart building years ago. The flying bug was, actually, far from average and turned out to be a Jurassic-era relic, the first of its kind found in the state. Prior to this epiphany, the specimen was mounted and forgotten for almost…


Woman Collecting Shellfish Finds the Largest Dinosaur Footprint Ever in Yorkshire

A woman collecting shellfish was astonished to discover the largest dinosaur footprint ever found on the Yorkshire coast, belonging to a “real Jurassic giant.” Archeologist Marie Woods, 29, was out picking some shellfish for her dinner on April 10 when she stumbled upon an enormous footprint, believed to be around 165 million years old. Experts…