Fossil Discoveries that Could Happen in the Future

Confirmation of Nanotyrannus being a fully grown or larger morph of

Confirmation of Nanotyrannus being a fully grown or larger morph of Dakotaraptor, rather than a small tyrannosaur.

Discovery of a new genus of Pachycephalosaur with manipulative feet/hands and

Discovery of a new genus of Pachycephalosaur with manipulative feet/hands and extremely high intelligence.

Discovery of a basal ceratopsian from the late Jurassic period in North America.

Discovery of a Paleocene non-avian dinosaur or pterosaur which survived after

Discovery of a Paleocene non-avian dinosaur or pterosaur which survived after the KPG extinction event (66 mya).

Discovery of a Columbian mammoth mummy

Discovery of a dwarf abelisaur on Hațeg Island.

Discovery of a complete Giganotosaurus skeleton

Discovery of mummified remains of a Tyrannosaurus.

Confirmation of ammonites living far beyond the Mesozoic

Discovery of a mummy of a late-surviving chalicothere.

Discovery of a complete skeleton of Spinosaurus

Resolution of the lifestyle of Spinosaurus.

Discovery of a late-surviving basal tyrannosauroid in Asia or North America.

Discovery of feathers from a Therizinosaurus.

Discovery of an American mastodon mummy

Discovery of a fossilized Velociraptor skeleton with irrefutable evidence of

Discovery of a fossilized Velociraptor skeleton with irrefutable evidence of feathers all over its body

Discovery of a North American spinosaurid

Discovery of a Smilodon mummy somewhere in the Americas

Discovery of viable DNA of a non-avian dinosaur or pterosaur

Discovery of viable pre-Pleistocene animal DNA

Discovery of a North American abelisaurid of the late Cretaceous

Discovery of late-surviving adapiform primates in North America

Discovery of viable dinosaur DNA

Discovery of definite late Cretaceous stegosaurs

Discovery of late-surviving chalicotheres in North America

Discovery of late-surviving prosauropods in between late Jurassic and late Cretaceous