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** First Ever Fossil Of Sleeping Dinosaur Found In China
The small bird-like dinosaur is preserved in a remarkable life-like pose,
with its head tucked between its forearm and trunk with its tail encircling
its body
** Meteor theory gets rocky ride from dinosaur expert
A team led by palaeontologist Gerta Keller of Princeton University, New
Jersey, reported that a sediment core drilled in east Texas emphatically
confirms a study that the group released two years ago
** Millie the dinosaur is chopped up
Glasgow University's popular Jurassic sculpture Millie the dinosaur has been
secretly chopped up and will have her head mounted in the Hunterian Museum
** New Dinosaur Exhibit Features Field Site, Total Immersion in Scientific
Discovery
Lone Star Dinosaurs, a major new exhibit at the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History, invites visitors to immerse themselves in the science of
paleontology and experience the thrill of authentic discovery
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** Old bones, new tricks
The machine turns on, and the 6-foot-long cast of a dinosaur skeleton comes
to life. Its feet lift and lower as its tail sways, a predator on the move,
mesmerizing to watch
** Dinosaurs ready to rule again
Two new exhibits will open Friday at the museum renowned for its dinosaur
collection, but which has frustrated some patrons during the last year by
locking away most of its specimens during a remodeling that is still 10
months from completion
** Jurassic gas left oceans of algae
About 183 million years ago, during the Jurassic, something prompted a
massive growth of ocean algae
** Other Fossil news: Ancient beasts trapped by time in outback
Scientists have discovered a rich bounty of dinosaur remains in outback
Queensland, including a specimen of a plesiosaur, a flippered marine reptile
from the Mesozoic era
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