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New research has shown that Hypsilophodon, a fleet-footed herbivorous dinosaur, could run as fast as an Olympic athlete, and was specially adapted for the purpose. It had long ... Discussion
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A recent dig led by palaeontologists from the Burpee Museum of Natural History, in Rockford, Illinois, has revealed plenty of dinosaur remains along with other fossils such as ... Discussion
7/4/2008
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A dinosaur vertebra that was discovered in 1999 in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, has only just been scientifically identified. The results that have been published describe the di ... Discussion
6/26/2008
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With a wing-span of up to 12 metres Quetzalcoatlus was the largest flying animal ever and an azhdarchid pterosaur. Despite Quetzalcoatlus’ large size it was fairly light at ab ... Discussion
6/10/2008
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Excavators from the Burpee Museum of Natural History have discovered over 100 fossilised bones recently in south-eastern Utah. The bones belong to 150 million year old dinosau ... Discussion
6/2/2008
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In this case the muck is 140 million years old and belongs to a dinosaur from the Jurassic period. At a recent auction held by Bonhams the auctioneers, in New York, a coprolit ... Discussion
5/24/2008
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In this case the muck is 140 million years old and belongs to a dinosaur from the Jurassic period. At a recent auction held by Bonhams the auctioneers, in New York, a coprolit ... Discussion
5/7/2008
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New research published in the journal Science shows more clearly than ever the evolutionary link between birds and Tyrannosaurus rex. Bone structure and feather-like remains o ... Discussion
5/7/2008
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Owing to refinements in the argon-argon dating method for fossils and rocks it is now possible to be more precise about the exact date of the dinosaur mass extinction. Scienti ... Discussion
4/26/2008
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A new study by scientists at the University of Portsmouth has shown how Britain stood at the crossroads for dinosaur migration and linked the landmasses of North America and E ... Discussion
4/23/2008
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The rare skeleton of the dinosaur Triceratops was sold today at Christies in Paris for 592,250 Euros to a private US collector. The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester made a despe ... Discussion
4/18/2008
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100 million year old amber discovered in France near the fossilised teeth of various dinosaurs has been found to contain seven feathers. The feathers either belong to a dinosa ... Discussion
4/17/2008
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A new study in the journal Biology Letters suggests that Pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, did not wait until they were adults before having sex. A team of scient ... Discussion
4/11/2008
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The mountainous Gaurdak region of eastern Turkmenistan has offered up further finds of dinosaur footprints. About one hundred footprints, known as trace fossils, covering an a ... Discussion
4/11/2008
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Dorchester???s award winning Dinosaur Museum has received an offer from an anonymous backer to bid for a rare skeleton of Triceratops that is being auctioned by Christies in P ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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Are you ready for the best adventure ever? When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father he???s looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach.?? But when he an ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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A report in the New Scientist throws possible new light on the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs. There has been much speculation and debate over what caused the great ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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Scientists in Mexico have discovered a new species of the plant-eating dinosaur Triceratops. The dinosaur has not been named yet but it was slightly shorter than most Tricerat ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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Only four examples of a mummified dinosaur have ever been found, and the latest one is an Edmontosaurus from North Dakota. The dinosaur has been nicknamed and is presently un ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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According to NewScientist.Com Dinosaurs might have experienced and survived global warming. This discovery suggests that the global warming is not a modern problem and the Ear ... Discussion
4/10/2008
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