Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS - the international Dinosaur Webzine with bite! This Week's Headlines: (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** France Seizes African Fossils French customs officials have seized 845 African archaeological objects, including 70 million year-old dinosaur fossils and rare figurines, destined for possible resale in Belgium ** In fossils, Marsh's legacy lives on In his 66 years, Marsh established American paleontology and classified over 70 dinosaur species ** Castle Dinosaur The backbone of the dinosaur was partly inspired by a 1940 Ford Coupe he remembers his brother driving when he was growing up and the tools he used were inherited from his grandfather, a wood carver ______________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Join one of the World's largest dinomail lists. Simply send an email to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________ ** The way of the dinosaur Even I was impressed by mamenchisaurus jingyanensis (how Chinese a name is that?), standing 28m (two bus-lengths) long in its late Jurassic days (before it was just a bag of bones) weighing in at 50 tonnes, about the weight of eight elephants. ** New exhibit at The Science Center of Connecticut features prehistoric past Dinosaur fans will have a lot to sink their teeth into this year at the Science Center of Connecticut, which is hosting a succession of major exhibits on prehistoric creatures ** A Taste for Dinosaurs As long as dinosaurs roamed the earth, our distant ancestors never got to be much more than cringing, shrew-like creatures that slinked out at night to nibble timorously on plants and insects when the terrible lizards were asleep ** New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Fossil Collection online ** Triassic / Jurassic Symposium Art Show ** "Hatching the Past" at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News, Va. DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions NEW ! RSS news feed at this address: http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/dino2004/dinosaur.xml ______________________________________________________________________ What our readers say: Thank you for an interesting, useful site. I recommend it to teachers who continue to contact me after 6 years of retirement. I also volunteer at the local science museum and recommend your site to the many children who visit it. Marvin Selnes, Sioux Falls, SD Thank You for the excellent coverage you've given my ongoing research. Best regards, Marilyn D. Wegweiser, Ph.D., Affiliate Faculty, Idaho Museum of Natural History First of all I would like to tell you how much I enjoy reading Dinosaurnews each week.. Immensely appreciated.... Phil Rutledge, The Grace Museum ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).