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** Dinosaur bones stolen in Central Utah
Federal officials are investigating what they call a brazen theft of
dinosaur bones from a secret location in Central Utah where scientists were
digging for fossils
** Dinosaur bones found near Winton, Queensland
Bones that could be the first skeletal evidence of Australia's answer to the
ferocious tyrannosaurus rex have been found in outback Queensland
** Duluth professor tells the secrets of a mummified dinosaur
It was only one day of work, but Dr. Arthur Aufderheide's observations gave
researchers a valuable theory about a rare dinosaur discovery
** Climate change gave dinosaurs a lucky break
Near the start of the Triassic period, 250 million years ago, the
archosaurs, or "ruling reptiles", split into two major groups: the dinosaurs
and a group called crurotarsans, whose only living descendants are the
crocodiles
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** Hot on the trail of Maclear's dinosaurs
More than 200 million years ago, a large, clumsy, plant-eating dinosaur
moved across a damp, mud-draped floodplain on the banks of an ancient river,
dragging its heavy tail
** Jurassic Undertakers Feasted on Dead Dinosaurs
After examining 7,000 fossilized bones in addition to the Camptosaurus's,
Britt says insect marks are common but often go unnoticed
** Palaeontologist accused of stealing fossil
Nate Murphy, the palaeontologist who discovered several of Malta's most
famous fossils, including the dinosaur mummy Leonardo, was charged Tuesday
in Phillips County with stealing a turkey-sized raptor fossil
** Not Dinos But - The Beer That Takes You Back . . . Millions of Years
The result is Fossil Fuels Brewing Co., which ferments a yeast strain Cano
found in a piece of Burmese amber dating from about 25 million to 45 million
years ago
** Canon City Is Home Of 1st Dinosaur Hunters
Residents of the area first discovered dinosaur bones in the 1870s but it
was the battle between Othaniel C. Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope that
fuelled the nation's fascination with the Jurassic Period. Video
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** The Museum to open with dynamite dinosaur eggs and babies
The dinosaur exhibit is through The Stone Co., from Boulder, Colo.; the man
who started the company discovered a dinosaur embryo known as "Baby Louie."
** Malta to premiere Discovery Channel feature on Leonardo
The documentary features a familiar backdrop in the Hi-Line's badlands and
research at the Dinosaur Field Station
** Scientists document important track site
Dinosaur tracks have been known locally in the southeast part of the
province for more than two decades and are found as a bi-product of
coal-mining
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