News tagged with pliosaur
Ancient sea reptile with gammy jaw suggests dinosaurs got arthritis too
Imagine having arthritis in your jaw bones... if they're over two meters long! A new study by scientists at the University of Bristol has found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 15, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England
The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Scientists name Dorset crocodile after Kipling
(PhysOrg.com) -- A superbly preserved 130-million-year-old crocodile skull, discovered at Swanage in Dorset in 2009, has been described as belonging to a species new to science in a paper by researchers at ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2012 |
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High-energy scanner enables large-scale 3D imaging
A new high-energy, high-resolution CT scanner at the University of Southampton in UK is helping to reveal the secrets of a prehistoric sea creature.
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Dec 24, 2010 |
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Dinosaurs out in the cold
A major drop in temperature 137 million years ago briefly interrupted the warm, equable climate of the Cretaceous Period. The water temperature in the Arctic Ocean fell from around 13 C to between 4 and 7 ...
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Sep 14, 2010 |
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Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution
(AP) -- Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you'd store ...
May 29, 2009 |
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Scientists discover massive Jurassic marine reptile
University of Alaska Museum of the North earth sciences curator Patrick Druckenmiller spent several weeks last summer working with a Norwegian research team to excavate a large pliosaur specimen in the remote ...
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Mar 05, 2008 |
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