Tyrannosaurs sent back to the Northern Hemisphere
A team of palaeontologists from The University of Queensland has challenged the recent identification of a possible tyrannosaur fossil from Australia.
Archaeology
Aug 26, 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 tons, the newly ...
Archaeology
May 28, 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 has now confirmed ...
Archaeology
May 3, 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.
Archaeology
Apr 20, 2010
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New bony-skulled dinosaur species discovered in Texas
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur with a softball-sized lump of solid bone on top of its skull, according to a paper published in the April issue of the journal Cretaceous Research.
Archaeology
Apr 19, 2010
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Flightless birds gave up flying after dinosaurs were wiped out
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have assumed the ancestors of modern flightless birds were also flightless, but results of new research suggests they only became flightless and began to explore the ground when it became safe ...
Thousands of dinosaur footprints uncovered in China
Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.
Archaeology
Feb 7, 2010
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Dinosaur discovery helps solve piece of evolutionary puzzle (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A George Washington University expedition to the Gobi Desert of China has enabled researchers to solve the puzzle of how one group of dinosaurs came to look like birds independent of birds. The discovery ...
Archaeology
Jan 28, 2010
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Fossil footprints give land vertebrates a much longer history
The discovery of fossil footprints from early backboned land animals in Poland leads to the sensational conclusion that our ancestors left the water at least 18 million years earlier than previously thought. The results of ...
Archaeology
Jan 6, 2010
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Fossils shake dinosaur family tree
(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and hinting at how ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 10, 2009
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