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A pair of Macroolithus yaotunensis eggs. Specimen number NMNS CYN-2004 DINO-05, housed in the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan.
Taxa Macroolithus

A pair of Macroolithus yaotunensis eggs. Specimen number NMNS CYN-2004 DINO-05, housed in the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan.

museum Taiwan specimen Macroolithus
Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.
Taxa Troodontidae

Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.

museum Taiwan fossil holotype +3
Fossil specimen of early Cretaceous pterosaur Sinopterus dongi, which is collected from Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The specimen (BMNHC Ph773) is a collection of Beijing Museum of Natural History and was on display in the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan) during a special exhibition.
Taxa Sinopterus

Fossil specimen of early Cretaceous pterosaur Sinopterus dongi, which is collected from Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The specimen (BMNHC Ph773) is a collection of Beijing Museum of Natural History and was on display in the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan) during a special exhibition.

museum China Taiwan Cretaceous +5
Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.

Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.

museum Taiwan Cretaceous specimen +6
Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.
Taxa Troodontinae

Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.

museum Taiwan fossil holotype +7
Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.
Taxa Troodontini

Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.

museum Taiwan fossil holotype +7
Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.
Taxa Saurornithoidini

Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.

museum Taiwan fossil holotype +7
Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.
Taxa Sinovenatorinae

Collection of four troodontids, clockwise from top left: Mei long, unnamed Alaskan troodontid, Jianianhualong tengi, Sinovenator changii.

museum Taiwan fossil holotype +7
Fossil specimen of early Cretaceous pterosaur Sinopterus dongi, which is collected from Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The specimen (BMNHC Ph773) is a collection of Beijing Museum of Natural History and was on display in the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan) during a special exhibition.
Taxa Huaxiapterus

Fossil specimen of early Cretaceous pterosaur Sinopterus dongi, which is collected from Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. The specimen (BMNHC Ph773) is a collection of Beijing Museum of Natural History and was on display in the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan) during a special exhibition.

museum China Taiwan Cretaceous +6
A pair of Macroolithus yaotunensis eggs. Specimen number NMNS CYN-2004 DINO-05, housed in the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan.

A pair of Macroolithus yaotunensis eggs. Specimen number NMNS CYN-2004 DINO-05, housed in the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Taichung, Taiwan.

museum Taiwan specimen Macroolithus

News

This team tried to cross 140 miles of treacherous ocean like stone-age humans—and it worked
Taiwan
Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes from northern Taiwan and steering southeast toward Okinawa. A modern crew proved it, carving a Stone-Age-style canoe, then paddling 225 km in 45 hours guided only by celestial cues—demonstrating our ancestors’ daring and mastery of the sea.
26/06/2025 sciencedaily-human-evo