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Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS - the international Dinosaur Webzine 
with bite!

This Week's Headlines: (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the 
webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org )

**  Like Birds
A team of Canadian, British and Chinese researchers traced the gradual 
evolution of this wrist in roughly a dozen species of theropods, analyzing 
several well-preserved members of this group from 110 to 160 million years 
ago that included a wide range of body designs

**  You old fossil! Odd-shaped rock found in garden is marine reptile bone 
from 135m years ago
After it turned up in his rockery he moved it around his garden as an 
ornament for nine years, before eventually settling on a place for it in the 
greenhouse

**  Of Dinosaur Found In Utah Rock
Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in 
slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to 
free some of the remains

**  ETSU Museum puts dinosaurs on display
Visitors to the ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and 
Visitor Centre will be able to examine a wide variety of authentic 
fossilized dinosaur bones, including material from the Tyrannosaurus Rex and 
Triceratops
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**  Wallaby-like dinosaur bones found in Victoria
The organisers of the annual Dinosaur Dreaming dig near Inverloch south-east 
of Melbourne believe they may have found the bones of a wallaby-like 
dinosaur

**  China's very own dinotopia
According to Wang Deyou, senior engineer from the Henan Research Institute 
of Land and Resources, it was demand for natural resources that led to the 
discovery of dinosaur fossils in Henan

**  Dog-Sized Creature Was Almost a Dinosaur
A four-legged animal about the size of a large dog with a long tail is now 
the oldest known relative of dinosaurs, dating back some 240 million years

**  New Tyrannosaur found in Bisti Wilderness
The Bisti Beast roamed the wilderness area 74 million years ago, said Thomas 
Williamson, curator of palaeontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural 
History and Science in Albuquerque, where the Tyrannosaur is on display
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**  Local fossil expert can boast own dino: Krzyzanowskisaurus
The honour came for his lifelong interest in Arizona's fossil record and his 
many contributions to that record - all the more astonishing because he has 
no college degree and has taken only one college course in geology

**  Fossil skeleton of dinosaur-eating snake is 67 million years old
An ancient snake that ate baby dinosaurs has been discovered - preserved 67 
million years ago as it was killed in pursuit of its final meal

**  Dinosaurs were also marine creatures, not just land dwellers
Researchers have found evidence of dinosaurs that spent much of their time 
in water, which shows that the prehistoric beasts were not in fact 
restricted to land as had been previously thought

**  Remains of a herbivorous dinosaur found in Thailand
Archaeologists initially found a 150 centimetre long and 50 cm wide hipbone, 
which according to February 13 lab test results, are believed to belong to a 
new species of sauropod

**  Not Dinos But - Fish fended off sharks as dinosaurs roamed
In oceans teeming with 20-foot prehistoric sharks and ferocious marine 
lizards, the giant Bonnerichthys fish faced its predators with a colossal 
gaping, toothless mouth
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**  Sail-Backed Dinos Had Semiaquatic Lifestyle
Palaeontologists may have solved the mystery of how spinosaurs and 
tyrannosaurs - two dinosaur groups that included many large, fierce 
predators - could have lived in the same regions at the same time

**  Summer field palaeontology camps
Once again the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines will be 
hosting a number of field palaeontology camps for college credit.

**  Review - So who were the best Dino Parents?
There is an art is making a female Titanosaur look maternal but this is 
exactly what Luis V. Rey has managed to do on the cover of the latest 
collaboration between Dr Robert T Bakker and the artist

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