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** Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites
Palaeontologists have long been perplexed by dinosaur fossils with missing
pieces - sets of teeth without a jaw bone, bones that are pitted and
grooved, even bones that are half gone
** Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre host Museum Day Carnival
This will be the fourth year in a row that the Canadian Fossil Discovery
Centre has hosted the Museum Day Carnival in honour of International Museum
Day (May 18)
** Dinosaur-killing asteroid covered Earth with beads
The dinosaur-killing asteroid that impacted the Yucatan Peninsula 65 million
years ago did so with such force it pulverized Earth's crust, creating a
veil of airborne carbon beads that blanketed the planet, a new study reveals
** Not Dinos But - Dino-Era Bird Fossil Found
The fossil bird likely plunged into a lake 131 million years ago, where it
drifted to the bottom and was quickly covered in sediment
** US to return Argentine dinosaur eggs
The fossils - including an unspecified number of dinosaur eggs, shell
fragments, petrified pine cones and fossilized prehistoric crabs - had been
illegally removed from Argentina and offered for sale in the United States
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** History of Ancient Supercontinent's Break-up Detailed
Dinosaurs roamed, mammals started to flourish, the first birds and lizards
evolved, and a massive supercontinent began to split apart on Earth about
180 million years ago
** World's largest dinosaur on display in Dubai
Visitors also have the opportunity to witness interesting facts about the
T.Rex through interactive displays like short video documentaries about the
dinosaur
** The operatic raptor
Playwright Val Brandt had a notion to write an opera about dinosaur bones,
so she did what any Alberta-raised aspiring librettist would do: took a road
trip to Drumheller
** Palaeontologist links art with science
Long before world famous dinosaur hunter, Paul Sereno, decided to become a
palaeontologist, he studied art and spent hours trying to replicate Leonardo
DaVinci's drawings of the human form
** Oregon Zoo opens dinosaur exhibit
A gigantic crane will lift a ferocious-looking, 45-foot-long Tyrannosaurus
rex into its new home along the dino trail at the Oregon Zoo
** Dinosaur dung sells at NYC auction for nearly $1,000
Tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as
a marketing tool by displaying it at the company's booth at trade shows
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** Dig for dinosaur fossils on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has announced a one-week paleontology field
camp for the general public that will combine dinosaur fossil excavation
with Dakota/Lakota culture
** World's biggest dinosaur lives in world's trendiest town
Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains
impressive, towering more than 13 metres over visitors to Berlin's
Naturkundemuseum (Natural History Museum)
** Dinosaur more than just a visitor centre
The Morrison Formation is a band of loose mud and rock running through
Dinosaur National Monument. It contains the best areas for finding fossils,
but its loose composition does not make a viable building foundation
** Paid Internships
The Wyoming Dinosaur Centre is offering paid internships for the summer
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** Dino Art 2008 explores the Savage Ancient Seas
Dino Art 2008 call for entries is fast approaching the entry deadline of May
23, 2008
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