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** Dinosaurs leave some mighty big shoes - make that tracks - to fill
Sheldon Johnson was moving rocks to level his property five years ago when
he uncovered impressions of dinosaur footprints
** Dinosaur Park Director Quits
Eccles Dinosaur Park had about 130,000 visitors last year. It features
skeletal, robotic and life-sized, full-body dinosaur replicas
** New £2m Dinosaur Safari opens at Blackpool Zoo
The 1,000sq m (10,750sq ft) safari features 32 different model dinosaurs,
which range in size from 0.5m to 10m; an erupting volcano; springs which
shoot water 6m into the air; a lake; a waterfall curtain and a smouldering
meteorite
** Meet a dinosaur at the Field Museum
Chicago's Field Museum is offering families the opportunity to get up close
and personal with some dry bones during "Dinosaur Discovery Days" from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Stanley Field Hall
** Dinosaur hunters back with treasures
Last month, while many of their friends were talking on cell phones and
playing video games, four Northern Kentucky University students were living
150 million years in the past
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** Feature Site: Dinosaurs in New Mexico
The fossil record of New Mexico covers nearly the entire timespan of the
dinosaurs, from their first appearance during the Late Triassic until their
extinction at the end of the Cretaceous
** Six-year-old to Fulfil Dream of Visiting Dinosaur Capital
Project Drumheller has banded together to help Lisa in realizing Josiah's
dream, by ensuring that Josiah is able to visit Drumheller, the Royal
Tyrrell Museum, and Dinosaur Provincial Park
** Dinosaur tracks found in park
A track from a three-toed dinosaur thought to be about 70 million years old
was discovered in Denali National Park by a college student
** Museum of Rockies renames Choteau-area fossil field
Calling Egg Mountain one of the two most significant fossil beds in the
world today, Museum of the Rockies Curator of Palaeontology John R. "Jack"
Horner last Saturday thanked a Bozeman ranch family for donating the money
for the museum to purchase the property from The Nature Conservancy
** Other Fossil News: Fossil park hits roadblock
The much-hyped project of opening a fossil sanctuary at Rajmahal has hit a
roadblock because of the prevailing confusion among the Indian authorities
about the exact location of the land where the fossils, dating back hundreds
of years, were found
** Dinosaur Public Programmes at the Auckland Museum
* The Big Dinosaur Parade
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