SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 21, 2025Interesting Engineering

70-million-year-old fossil of largest North American dinosaur discovered in Texas

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Paleontology students discovered a huge Alamosaurus vertebra fossil in Big Bend National Park, Texas, potentially part of a nearly complete skeleton of this long-necked dinosaur that lived in North America 70-66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period.

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