***** NEW SITE DESIGN ***** 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 ) ** 180-million-year dinosaur fossil excavated Chinese archaeologists have excavated fossils of a herbivorous dinosaur which lived 180 million years ago at the slope of a 1,840-meter altitude mountain in southwest China's Yunnan Province ** Dinosaur 'Link' Found In Utah Fossil Dig Fossil hunters in Utah have discovered a toothy and sickle-clawed relative of Velociraptor that was in the process of shedding its carnivorous past for a diet of leafy greens; a find that opens up an important evolutionary window for one of palaeontology's oddest families ** Feature Site: Jane - Diary of a Dinosaur Opening June 29th, at the Burpee Museum of Natural History ** Project Drumheller to Send Josiah Schultz to Hunt for Dinosaurs This July, six-year-old Josiah Schultz-a budding young palaeontologist-will be travelling to Drumheller, Alberta, the "Dinosaur Capital of the World" ______________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Join one of the World's largest dinomail lists. Simply send an email to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________ ** Other Fossil news: Fossil Patagonian Plants Show High Insect Feeding diversity 52 Million Years Ago South America has the most biodiversity of any major region today and according to an international team of researchers, that biodiversity began at least 52 million years ago ** Dinosaur Tracks Rewrite Palaeontology The more than 5,000 dinosaur footprints discovered in Cal Orko, in southern Bolivia, have prompted a reconstruction of the planet's history and a correction of the science about these gigantic animals that dominated the landscape until some 65 million years ago, when they disappeared from the face of the Earth ** HK shopping mall to display dinosaur fossils The Cityplaza shopping mall said earlier that eight dinosaur fossils together with 10 fossil plant and animal specimens from the Chinese mainland will go on display at Cityplaza of Hong Kong from June 24 to July 31 ** Levy to run new themed restaurants The Chicago-based restaurant operator has teamed up with the founder of the Rainforest Cafe to launch T-Rex, a chain of dinosaur-themed restaurants replete with robotic dinosaurs, a fossil dig site, a palaeontology lab and an ice cave ** Dino-mite exhibit At the museum filled with hands-on exhibits, children can blow through a double length of tubing to produce sounds scientists believe once were made by the parasaurolophus, a duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur ** Father's Free Day Join us June 19th to celebrate Father's Day with "Father's FREE Day" at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center. ** Call For Papers for a special issue of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin covering all facets of the global, terrestrial Triassic-Jurassic transition. 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: I must say first that I subscribe to your E-mail news letters and read them voraciously for book ideas. The news blurbs are such a wonderful service to us dino fanciers! Christine Gentry - author of 'Mesozoic Murder 'and 'Carnosaur Crimes' 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 ========================================================= 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).