News tagged with dinosaur fossils
Warm and fuzzy T. rex? New evidence surprises
The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Dinosaurs had fleas too -- giant ones, fossils show
In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly an inch long.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Evidence found of dinosaur that ate birds
(PhysOrg.com) -- When people think of dinosaurs, their thoughts generally turn to the giant guys munching plants, or the ferocious beasts preying on smaller animals. In recent years however, evidence has come ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Tree resin captures evolution of feathers on dinosaurs and birds
Secrets from the age of the dinosaurs are usually revealed by fossilized bones, but a University of Alberta research team has turned up a treasure trove of Cretaceous feathers trapped in tree resin. The resin ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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The sea dragons bounce back
(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolution of ichthyosaurs, important marine predators of the age of dinosaurs, was hit hard by a mass extinction event 200 million years ago, according to a new study from the University ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 04, 2011 |
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First rainforests arose when plants solved plumbing problem
A team of scientists, including several from the Smithsonian Institution, discovered that leaves of flowering plants in the world's first rainforests had more veins per unit area than leaves ever had before. ...
May 03, 2011 |
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The eyes have it: Dinosaurs hunted by night
The movie Jurassic Park got one thing right: Those velociraptors hunted by night while the big plant-eaters browsed around the clock, according to a new study of the eyes of fossil animals. The study will ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 01, 2011 |
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Test shows dinosaurs survived mass extinction by 700,000 years
University of Alberta researchers determined that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Study suggests dinosaurs killed off by more than one asteroid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dinosaurs, along with over half of other species, became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period about 65.5 million years ago, and many scientists believe this was due to a single impact ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2010 |
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New dinosaur discovered head first, for a change (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of paleontologists has discovered a new dinosaur species they're calling Abydosaurus, which belongs to the group of gigantic, long-necked, long-tailed, four-legged, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 23, 2010 |
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BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc
A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Oldest known spider's web found in amber
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pieces of amber containing parts of a spider's web have been found in East Sussex and dated back to the Cretaceous period 140 million years ago, which makes it the oldest spider's web known.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Bye bye 'Hogwarts dinosaur'? New analyses of dinosaur growth may wipe out one-third of species
(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of the Rockies have wiped out two species of dome-headed dinosaur, one of them named three years ago - with great ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Researchers claim a third of dinosaurs might never have existed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ten-year study by US paleontologists suggests that up to a third of dinosaur fossils may have been incorrectly identified as new species, when they are actually juveniles of species ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 13, 2009 |
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