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** Dinosaur Eggs from China on Exhibit at Museum
One egg is from the Dendroolithus species, and the other is from the
Faveoloolithus species
** New bones to pick in Kansas City
The first project for paleontologist Matt Christopher and volunteers is
assembling Lyle, a 65-foot-long camarasaurus dug up in northeastern Wyoming
by University of Kansas staff
** Wyoming museum defends custody of fossil
A plan to bring a rare, scientifically valuable dinosaur fossil to a private
collection in Thermopolis has become the focus of debate among some
scientists concerned about research-ers' access to the specimen (image
above).
** Martinsville museum gets new digs for digs
More than 200 million years ago, in southern Pittsylvania County,
5-inch-long insects buzzed a small, meat-eating dinosaur as it left tracks
near the Bannister River
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** Paleontologist's enthusiasm means a top collection for Carnegie Museum
Dave Berman began his paleontology career with a job meticulously scraping
away at lumps of rock encasing million-year-old bones
** Scientists argue the evolution of sauropods
Sauropods, the enormous dinosaurs that were the largest animals to ever walk
the earth, may have been nothing more than overgrown toddlers
** Canadian officials can't help 2 men jailed in China for fossil crimes
"Guards and representatives at [paleontological sites] will allow people, if
they find fossil leaves and even fossil fish, to remove them and take them
with them as souvenirs," says Winters
** Bone to pick over fossil
Professional dinosaur exhibitor Don Lessem contends that the centerpiece
skeleton replica was "illegally and unethically obtained" by the company
preparing to put on the "Dinosaurios Argentinos - Giants of Patagonia"
exhibit at the SciTech Hands-On Museum
** Dino Wars
Six major dinosaurs were uncovered in the Garden Park fossil areas:
Camarasaurus supremus, Allosaurus fragilis, Ceratosaurus hasicornis,
Haplocanthosaurus priscus, Diplodocus longus and a Stegosaurus stenops
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