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Study finds Triceratops, Torosaurus were different stages of one dinosaur

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a Montana State University doctoral student and one of the nation's top paleontologists is upending more than 100 years of thought regarding the dinosaurs known as Triceratops ...

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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 ...

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Triceratops controversy continues

Millions of years after its extinction, Triceratops is inciting controversy about how to classify the ancient animals. New analysis, published Feb. 29 in the open access journal PLoS ONE, suggests that the specimens in question s ...

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Controversy over Triceratops identity continues

Despite their extinction millions of years ago, Triceratops continue to incite controversy. In the latest chapter, researchers present further evidence that three genera thought at one time or another to be distinct – ...

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

MSU lab manager shares microscopic images of dinosaur bones with growing audience

The thin slices of dinosaur bone that Ellen-Thérèse Lamm produces and the colorful photographs taken of these fossils under a Montana State University microscope continue to gain new audiences.

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Last dinosaur before mass extinction discovered

A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct ...

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

T. rex more hyena than lion

The ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex has been depicted as the top dog of the Cretaceous, ruthlessly stalking herds of duck-billed dinosaurs and claiming the role of apex predator, much as the lion reigns supreme ...

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created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Newly discovered dinosaur likely father of Triceratops

Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants' family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species appears to ha ...

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created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fossils from ancient sea monster found in Montana

A fossil-hunting trip to celebrate a son's homecoming resulted in the recent discovery of an ancient sea monster in central Montana. Believed to be approximately 70 million years old, its skull and lower jaw ...

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