News tagged with dinosaurs
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Sauropods in Argentina kept their eggs warm near geothermal vents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working in Argentina have found 100-million-year-old neosauropod nesting sites in which clutches of eggs were kept warm by geothermal vents.
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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Warm-blooded sea reptiles of the Jurassic
(PhysOrg.com) -- New evidence shows that reptiles roaming the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs could maintain a constant body temperature well above that of the surrounding water.
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Jun 10, 2010 |
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First horned dinosaur from Mexico
A new species of horned dinosaur unearthed in Mexico has larger horns that any other species - up to 4 feet long - and has given scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, ...
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May 28, 2010 |
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Infant crocodile fossils unearthed at Arlington Archosaur Site in North Arlington
(PhysOrg.com) -- Palentologists have found the partial skull of an infant crocodile at the Arlington Archosaur Site, a prolific fossil site in North Arlington. The young reptile's skull is a tiny version of the adult skull ...
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May 28, 2010 |
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Scientists announce new horned dinosaur
Michael J. Ryan, Ph.D., a scientist at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, has announced the discovery of a new horned dinosaur, Medusaceratops lokii. Approximately 20 feet long and weighing more than 2 ...
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May 28, 2010 |
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'Grinding mouth, wrinkle eye': New species of plant-eating dinosaur
A team of paleontologists, including a University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate, has described a new species of dinosaur based upon an incomplete skeleton found in western New Mexico. The new species, ...
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May 26, 2010 |
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New skeletons from the Age of Dinosaurs answer century-old questions
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 100 years ago paleontologist E. D. Cope of "Dinosaur Wars" fame found a few fragmentary bones of a reptile in the deserts of New Mexico. He named the reptile Typothorax.
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May 21, 2010 |
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Demoting a dinosaur: New fossil material redefines Azendohsaurus as a peculiar early reptile
Azendohsaurus just shed its dinosaur affiliation. A careful new analysis of A. madagaskarensis -- this time based on the entire skull rather than on just teeth and jaws -- aligns this 230-million-year-old animal with a ...
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May 18, 2010 |
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Giant dinosaur footprints found in Argentine 'Jurassic Park'
Dinosaur footprints up to 1.2 meters (four feet) in diameter have been found in an area of Patagonia known as Argentina's "Jurassic Park," a scientist said Wednesday.
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May 12, 2010 |
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Dinosaur research: Chew and stay small
There is a simple rule of thumb. The larger an animal is, the more time it spends eating. This means an elephant hardly has time to sleep. It spends 18 hours every day satisfying its huge appetite. 'This led ...
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May 11, 2010 |
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A shrunken giant: Island dino Magyarosaurus was a dwarf, after all
Sauropod dinosaurs, like the famous Brachiosaurus or Argentinosaurus, are known above all for their enormous size. Yet some of these giants evolved into dwarfs. An international research team at Bonn University ...
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May 03, 2010 |
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Feather structures in maturing dinosaurs changed as they grew
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing studying the feathers of the dinosaur Similicaudipteryx have found the feather structures changed as the animals matured, with t ...
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Apr 30, 2010 |
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Scientists identify freezing times for Cretaceous dinosaurs
Scientists studying fossils and minerals from Arctic Svalbard, in Norway, have discovered evidence that the ‘greenhouse’ climate of the Cretaceous period was punctuated by a sudden drop in global temperatures.
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Apr 26, 2010 |
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Endangered sturgeon fish flourishing in Wisconsin
(AP) -- It's been a tough fight for the whisker-snouted sturgeon.
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Retracing the tracks of dinosaurs reveals ecosystem the size of a continent
(PhysOrg.com) -- McGill researchers uncover first evidence that warm and moderate climate allowed dinosaurs to expand into one massive homogenous community across North America.
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Apr 20, 2010 |
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