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**  Display shows splendour of Saharan dinosaurs
The Greatest Dinosaur Expo 2002, which opens at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City
on July 19, will feature the near-complete skeletal remains of four
dinosaurs excavated in the Sahara Desert

**  Fossil eggs found in Romania
The eggs were found in 14 different nests and have been valued at about £700
each

**  'Quick' demise for the dinosaurs
New research suggests the fearsome creatures could have been wiped from the
face of the Earth in as little as 10,000 years

**  Volcanic 'flood' linked to extinction
The Permian-Triassic extinction is the largest, sudden disappearance of life
recognised in the fossil record
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**  New Species of Ancient Marine Reptile Named by Otago Geologist
The fossil is "one of the most dramatic of its kind in New Zealand", as
large portions of the body are almost in life position

**  A dinosaur in my pocket
Bobbie madly loves the T-Rex, Sue, and when she discovered that Sue's bones
had left the Museum of Science in Boston after its exhibition period ended,
she cried for days

**  Young friends literally stumble over mastodon's tooth
A chance discovery by two young friends turned out to be more than first met
the eye - or in this case, the foot.

**  Dinosaur Tracks Shed Light on Sauropod Evolution
Dinosaur tracks made on the edge of a coastal plain 163 million years ago in
middle England are providing a team of researchers with new insights into
the evolution and behaviour of sauropods

**  Dealing in dinosaurs
Scientists say they have found traces of ancient bacterial DNA that are
dozens of millions of years old

**  Feature Site: Origami Dinosaurs
Dr Stephen O'Hanlon always enjoyed the subject of dinosaurs and it seemed
only natural to combine this interest with his paperfolding

**  Fossil thieves use diggers and dynamite to wreck sites Throughout
Britain a boom in collecting fossils has turned the one-time passion of
amateurs into big business for commercial collectors

**  New type of dinosaur discovered
Scientists at the Royal Tyrrell Museum will soon unwrap the fully intact
skull of what could be a brand new species of dinosaur

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