News tagged with sauropod
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Gaseous emissions from dinosaurs may have warmed prehistoric earth
Sauropod dinosaurs could in principle have produced enough of the greenhouse gas methane to warm the climate many millions of years ago, at a time when the Earth was warm and wet. That's according to calculations ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2012 |
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The first dinosaur discovered in Spain is younger than originally thought
The research group from Aragon that has the same name as the first Aragosaurus ischiaticus dinosaur discovered 25 years ago in Teruel reveals that it is 15 million years younger than originally believed. Its ne ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Dinosaurs significantly taller than previously thought, researchers find
It might seem obvious that a dinosaur's leg bone connects to the hip bone, but what came between the bones has been less obvious. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri and Ohio University have found ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Some sauropods really did hold their long necks high
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests the long necks of sauropod dinosaurs really were held high, in spite of theories suggesting they were more likely to keep their necks low because of the very high blood ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 03, 2010 |
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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.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2009 |
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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.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 30, 2010 |
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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.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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New study reveals North America's biggest dinosaur
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from Montana State University's Museum of the Rockies and the State Museum of Pennsylvania has unveiled enormous bones from North America's biggest dinosaur.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 07, 2011 |
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New 'missing link' dinosaur discovered in Argentina
Fossils of a recently discovered dinosaur species in Argentina is a "missing link" in the evolution of the long-necked giants that roamed the earth millions of years ago, paleontologists said.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 23, 2011 |
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New 'thunder-thighs' dinosaur discovered (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper recent ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Plant-eating dinosaur discovered in Antarctica
For the first time, the presence of large bodied herbivorous dinosaurs in Antarctica has been recorded. Until now, remains of sauropoda - one of the most diverse and geographically widespread species of herbivorous dinosaurs ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 19, 2011 |
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'Skin bones' helped large dinosaurs survive, new study says
Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive and bear their young in tough times, according to new ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 29, 2011 |
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First dinosaur fossil discovered in Angola
Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it's a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Found: First complete remains of early sauropod dinosaur
Scientists have discovered in China the first complete skeleton of a pivotal ancestor of Earth's largest land animals – the sauropod dinosaurs. The new species, tentatively dubbed Yizhousaurus sunae, lived ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 28, 2010 |
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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.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 02, 2009 |
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