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Dinosaur skull changed shape during growth

The skull of a juvenile sauropod dinosaur, rediscovered in the collections of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Natural History, illustrates that some sauropod species went through drastic changes in skull shape ...

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created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

World's first skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi reveals new biology

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Early Cretaceous sauropod Paluxysaurus jonesi weighed 20 tons, was 60 feet long and had a neck 26 feet long, according to scientists who prepared the world's first full skeletal mount ...

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Scientists find fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur species, Fruitadens haagarorum, is the smallest dinosaur ever discovered from North America. The tiny Fruitadens weighed less than a kilogram (two pounds) and was just 70 c ...

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Crushed bones reveal literal dino stomping ground

Imagine the gruesome sound of bones snapping as a thirsty, 30-ton dinosaur tramples a heap of fresh carcasses on his way to a rapidly shrinking lake.

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Dino footprints enter record books

French researchers on Tuesday said they had uncovered the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more.

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Hundreds of dinosaur nests found in India

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geologists have discovered hundreds of fossilized nests each containing clutches of eight dinosaur eggs. The eggs were located in sand banks in Tamil Nadu in Southern India.

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Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find

Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.

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created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Did dinosaurs hold their heads up?

Some dinosaurs may have held their heads up, like a giraffe, rather than in a more horizontal position, University of Portsmouth scientists report today.

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Long-necked dinos didn't reach for the skies

A fondly-held belief about long-necked sauropods, the giant four-footed dinosaurs beloved of monster movies and children, is most probably untrue, a dino expert said on Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 22


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