Dinosaur fans get to celebrate the discovery of around 50 new species each and every year. From new finds at dig sites around the world to deeper analyses of existing fossils, in 2022 paleontologists identified spectacular giant herbivores, stubby-armed carnivores and more. Below, take a peek at some of the most exciting new dinosaurs described so far this year.
1. Guemesia ochoai
Paelontologists in Argentina unearthed a partially complete skull belonging to a stubby-armed abelisaurid. Many of these “armless” dinosaurs possessed even smaller forelimbs than the infamously short-handed Tyrannosaurus rex. It would have roamed during the Late Cretaceous.
