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** Lebanese soil gives up dinosaur teeth
Palaeontologists have uncovered the first dinosaur remains in Lebanon,
adding evidence to the theory that millions of years ago the Middle East was
covered with forests where giant reptiles roamed
** Some assembly required
Children on field trips, museum staff and the general public gathered during
the final moments of construction Tuesday afternoon to watch as the final
piece of the dinosaur's cast fit into place with the assistance of a
forklift
** Billy Gets Dino Dung Bling
The Big Yin is sporting a "dino-diamond", made from 150million-year-old
droppings
** Italians make dinosaur discovery
A team from the Natural History Museum at Lerici near Genoa have discovered
Titanosaurus bones that could change the accepted picture of the huge
leaf-eating beast
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** Plants 'recently' developed flowers
Some scientists believe that changes in the nature of plant-eating dinosaurs
may have provided the impetus for plants to invent flowers
** Dinosaur Defender
Can you stop the Dromaeosaurus raptors from attacking the Euoplocephalus
babies?
** Feature Site - Fort Peck Paleontology
A unique, three-way partnership between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,
Fort Peck Paleontology, Inc., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has made
this world-class interpretive center a reality
** Museum to launch Adopt-A-Bone drive
With about $4 million still to raise, the museum is beginning what it calls
its "Adopt-A-Bone" program - it is asking corporations to "spon-saur" the
dinosaurs, with the promise to give their employees early access to the new
exhibition hall before it opens late next year
** Unearthing a new spirit
When Rob and Ian Ievers found what looked like a fossilised bone protruding
from a washout on their family property, Marathon, the discovery changed
their lives and altered the fortunes of their town
** Artist at work
Painter Anne Hughes of Charleston, Ill., has set up a mini art studio
underneath the Giganotosaurus dinosaur replica on the museum's main floor
** Dinosaur Traces found in Kosong
Scholars have confirmed that a fossil discovered earlier this year in Kosong
is the skin impression of a dinosaur
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