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** Dinos ran rampant near lake
He's now discovered thousands of tracks in dozens of locations along the
receding shoreline of Lake Powell
** A Volcanic Dinosaur Debate
McLean thinks the Chicxulub impact in Mexico just added more stress to an
environment that was already upset by the release of copious amounts of
volcanic gases
** Dinosaur Exhibit Opens at NYC Museum
Through new technologies like computer modelling and robotics and
tried-and-true standbys like fossils and a 700-square-foot diorama, visitors
will gain a new appreciation of dinosaurs and the methods used to study
them, curators said
** Missouri River Country: Dinosaurs come back from grave
There are plans to build the Great Plains Dinosaur Parkin Malta to house the
skeleton of Leonardo, the 77 million-year-old brachylophosaurus whose
"mummified" remains have been almost perfectly preserved
** International T. rex Symposium set for June
"We're thrilled that the world's biggest names in T. rex research will be
here to discuss some of palaeontology's latest discoveries," Black Hills
Museum co-founder Peter Larson says
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** Paleontological Art Available on Internet
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History has opened
a Paleo Art Web page featuring years of artwork from its collections
** Museum, Peck's Rex dedicated Saturday
A life-sized replica of Peck's Rex, a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton unearthed a
few years ago near the museum site, doesn't begin to fill the giant room
** Discovering dinosaur footprints in Arhab
In an e-mail expressing her discontent at being interrupted on vacation, she
suggested the dinosaurs were carnivorous
** Sleeping with dinosaurs
While my kids slept soundly at the feet of an albertosaurus, I kept an eye
on the life-sized creature looming overhead in the dark all night
** Dinosaur fossil discovered in Jiangxi
According to expert analysis, the lines in the fossil strongly resemble a
pterodactyl skeleton and it appears to be of the palaeontologic dinosaur
family
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