{"id":260735,"date":"2026-08-07T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260735\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:02:09","slug":"pennsylvania-museum-houses-fossils-of-newly-identified-dinosaur-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260735\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania museum houses fossils of newly identified dinosaur species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania museum houses fossils of newly identified dinosaur species<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/4f5c2ac9-974d-460c-8618-1fcbb388c0f8\" aria-label=\"Brian Roche profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4f5c2ac9-974d-460c-8618-1fcbb388c0f8_1654040425.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Brian Roche\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The State Museum of Pennsylvania, which recently closed for renovations, has been housing fossils of a newly identified dinosaur species.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Researchers in New Mexico have identified the fossils as belonging to a two-legged, bird-like dinosaur species that roamed the Earth 70 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The dinosaur, named &#8220;Dinevenator,&#8221; measured eight to ten feet in length, weighed up to 300 pounds, and had a larger brain than most other dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Paleontologists discovered the bones 20 years ago and sent them to Harrisburg, but it took until now for scientists to realize what they actually were.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">There are plans to transfer the fossilized bones back to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania museum houses fossils of newly identified dinosaur species HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110556,110554,28,30,29,110555,1899],"class_list":["post-260735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-closed-for-renovations","tag-dinevenator","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-researchers-in-new-mexico","tag-state-museum-of-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}