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** 2010 was banner year for dinosaur discoveries
Even back in the 1870s, when people first discovered dinosaurs in Utah,
there was never a year in which eight dinosaurs were named
** AMNH Announces 'The World's Largest Dinosaurs' Exhibition
The American Museum of Natural History has announced a major new exhibition,
The World's Largest Dinosaurs (April 16, 2011-January 2, 2012), which will
take visitors beyond the bones and into the amazing anatomy of a uniquely
super-sized group of dinosaurs who thrived for 140 million years: the
long-necked and long-tailed sauropods, which ranged in size from 15 to 150
feet long
** Titanoceratops - giant dinosaur from New Mexico
As recounted in the study by Yale paleontologist Nicholas Longrich, in 1941
the partial skeleton of a large horned dinosaur was found in the
74-million-year-old rock of New Mexico's San Juan County
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** Prof Proposes Dinosaur Crap Helped Contribute to Climate Change
When dinosaurs roamed Alaska, Fiorillo says it was about as warm as
Portland, even though it was just as close to the North Pole as it is today
** Dinosaur-Era Animal's Last Meal Found in Its Mouth
The last supper of an ammonite, a shelled cephalopod relative of squid and
octopus, was stuck in the individual's mouth when it died, described in a
new study published in the journal Science
** Boy discovers fossilized dinosaur tooth in Hyogo
A third-grade elementary school student unearthed a fossilized tooth of an
armored herbivorous dinosaur from the 110 million-year-old layer known as
the Sasayama Group in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture
** Jurassic Park Company eyes Secaucus for national lifelike dinosaur
exhibit
As planned, the park will include life-sized replicas of dinosaurs that will
feature animatronic technology to create a realistic, three-dimensional
quality often missing from traditional exhibits
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** Life as a stegosaur: the SJG stegosaur special, part III
Given that the relatively slim muzzle and small teeth of Stegosaurus are
already suggestive of selective browsing, one would probably not predict the
biting and ingestion of twigs and/or branches anyway
** New Prehistoric Crocodile Found in "Kitchen Counters"
Fossils of a new species of ancient crocodile cousin have been found in
limestone once destined for Italian kitchen countertops, a new study says
** Not Dinos But - Lufkin man claims to own world's only known in-egg
Pterodactyl embryo
In January, he will to take the egg to the Tuscon Mineral and Fossil Show to
have paleontologists from Europe, Russia, China and the U.S. give their
opinions of the egg and the embryo inside
** Land of Dinosaurs being developed in ToroToro Bolivia
Toro Toro National Park is one of the best places on earth for lovers of
geology and paleontology and there are a large number of preserved
footprints and dinosaur fossils from the Mesozoic Era, which are in
excellent condition
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** Surprising twist in Velociraptor diet
It just wouldn't have been the same if the Velociraptors in the epic
dinosaur movie "Jurassic Park" had been crashing around in the kitchen
hunting down a salad bar instead of two children
** Wealth of Utah Dinosaur Discoveries Named in 2010
A record breaking eight new species of dinosaur were described from federal
public lands in Utah in 2010 - each representing a genus that is new to
science
** National Geographic releases iPad app for kids featuring dinosaurs-Rawr!
The Ultimate Dinopedia is full of amazing illustrations, and a boat load of
video and interactive elements that effectively demonstrate how these giants
from our past lived and interacted
** Paleontology for Educators Workshop
The Paleontology for Educators Workshop is a two-day workshop providing K-12
teachers with a hands-on introduction to paleontology, the study of past
life
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