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 ) ** Wooden dinosaur dung and gone Fossilised dung may not have proved a popular choice for a village statue so how about a wooden dinosaur instead? ** UMPI receives dinosaur bones The bones - a tibia, or leg bone, from a hadrosaur "duck-billed" dinosaur and a partial triceratops skull - weigh in at about 200 pounds each ** Dino-sale doubted Somewhere behind a pink Barbie pedal car, a vintage Coca-Cola vending machine and a well-used Honda lawnmower, a Tyrannosaurus rex may be lurking in Hicksville ** Saving a critical resource for Arizona and the world A rock formation known as the "Chinle Escarpment" cuts across the park, and since 1906 scientists have discovered countless dinosaur fossils and other paleontological deposits there, as well as nationally significant archeological sites like ruins and petroglyphs from the ancient Pueblo Indians ______________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Join one of the World's largest dinomail lists. Simply send an email to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________ ** Bill would make Tyrannosaurus rex a state symbol Though another dinosaur, the triceratops, is the official state fossil, South Dakota has no officially designated dinosaur, said Sen. Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City, the bill's prime sponsor ** Ancient monster tsunami mixed fossils The 300-foot-tall tsunami - an aftereffect of the giant meteor impact that some scientists think killed off the dinosaurs - scrambled fossils and rock and has made the event very hard to date, said Timothy Lawton, head of NMSU's geology department ** Other Fossil News: Paleontologists make 'find of the century' in the Messel Pit While excavating two years ago in a former open-pit mine near the town of Messel (15 km south of Frankfurt), two paleontology students came across the fossilized remains of an animal, which could not be identified until it was taken back to the lab and further analyzed 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).