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Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. For the full story visit the FREE
webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org. The
headlines:
** Perry County footprints linked to dinosaurs
A fossil hunter has unearthed dinosaur footprints in Perry County that are
about 300 million years old.
** Carnegie plans major Dinosaur Hall update
The museum is embarking on a $37 million renovation to Dinosaur Hall that
will more than double its current space
** Where the elasmosaurs roam: Separating fact from fiction
The warm, silt-laden water felt strange to the young, long-necked plesiosaur
as he slowly worked his way upstream against the strong current of the river
** Long-necked dinosaurs raise their heads
The complete skeletons of three Sauropods are being displayed for the first
time in Europe, at the Swiss dinosaur museum
** First Pterodactyl Footprints Spotted in China
An American archaeologist has identified some of the fossilized footprints
found in northwest China's Gansu Province as belonging to the flying
birdlike pterodactyl dinosaur
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** Link between birds and dinosaurs 'proved'
Dr Angela Milner from the Natural History Museum in London said further
research on the 125 million-year-old remains had conclusively
proved a link
** Programme Launched to Ensure "Happy Ever After" for Living Fossil
The story of the coelacanth started an estimated 380-million years ago, long
before dinosaurs walked the earth
** Fossil Fueled
In 1895, in a quarry a few miles away, a local college professor found
dinosaur footprints
** Dinosaur Museum to be Built in NW China
Fossils of dinosaur footprints with a total area of 736 square meters,
claimed to be the largest found in the world so far, were excavated in the
region in 1999
** Million-dollar egg goes on display
The 65-million year old egg was laid by a segnosaur, a rare small dinosaur
that grew to about four metres
** 65m years old crocodile fossils recovered
In a major discovery, a team of Geological Survey of Pakistan has discovered
65 million years old fossils of Crocodile in Vitakri area
** Asteroid 1950 DA may strike earth centuries from now
The bad news is an asteroid nearly a mile wide could be on a collision
course with Earth
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