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Amateur dino fans can hunt with a pro
Currie will lead 25 amateur paleontolgists on a four-day DinoTour in July
that will include digging at the little-known quarry along the Red Deer
River in Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Dig finds dinosaur that dwarfed T-rex
The remains of the creature, Mapusaurus roseae, have been unearthed in a
quarry in Patagonia, Argentina, with measurements suggesting it was more
than 13.5m long and weighed more than eight tonnes
Dinosaur Expo Opens in Kosong
More than 1,900 fossilized footprints of dinosaurs were found on a
6-kilometer long stretch of coastal rock bed of Kosong, in the southern part
of the Korean Peninsula.
Fossils of new species of Ornithopoda
This is the first time that Ornithopoda fossils have been discovered in the
Cretaceous sediments at the Songliao Basin
Professor creates 3-D online fossil system
Ryosuke Motani, an assistant professor of geology, has created a website
database of three-dimensional invertebrate and vertebrate fossils, including
shelled species, dinosaurs and mammals
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Other Fossil news: Ants are surprisingly ancient, arising 140-168 million
years ago
But these resilient insects, now found in terrestrial ecosystems the world
over, apparently only began to diversify about 100 million years ago in
concert with the flowering plants, Harvard scientists say
Supersaurus- Trexler, crew build giant replica
With more than 250 pieces, a life-size skeletal replica of Supersaurus
vivianae, one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs known, is on its way this
month from Bynum to Wyoming to Japan
World's Oldest Penguin Fossils Suggest Birds Outlived Dinos
The 58- to 62-million-year-old bones unearthed in New Zealand belong to four
specimens from a previously unknown genus of ancient penguin called Waimanu
Dinosaur invasion
Each sculpture is a replica of a rebbachisaurus, a 56-foot-long vegetarian
believed to have lived in South America about 100 million years ago
Divers recover dinosaur footprint in Yorkshire
The geologist group, together with English Nature and Scarborough Council,
called on the services of the diving club to help recover the footprint, so
it could be displayed at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough
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