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**  Oldest dinosaur fossil found in Brazil
Palaeontologists from Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra) in Rio Grande 
do Sul state have announced that they had found fragments of bones that they 
claim to be of the oldest dinosaur ever tracked

**  Sea monster search draws MSU scientist to land of polar bears
The Montana State University scientist hiked, rifle in hand, across an 
Arctic island to map the remains of 28 sea reptiles that are 150 million 
years old

**  Ancient creature apparently could fly 125 million years ago
Scientists have discovered an extinct animal the size of a small squirrel 
that lived in China at least 125 million years ago and soared among the 
trees

**  China investigating US sale of possible Chinese fossil
Chinese authorities are investigating the auction in Los Angeles of 
fossilized dinosaur eggs said to be from China and might ask for them to be 
returned, said a Foreign Ministry spokesman quoted Wednesday by a state news 
agency

**  Fossil sheds new light on species
Antarctica probably served as a migratory path for dinosaurs between South 
America and India, and Case's career has been spent filling in the pieces of 
ancient life in that region
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**  Claws were for climbing, not killing
The latest research has shown, however, that the dinosaur's formidable claw 
was, in fact, a prehistoric climbing crampon, which could also have 
represented a significant stage in the evolution of flight

**  They never saurus, but we can see them
The 50 technicians, mechanics, artists and dreamers behind the Australian 
production Walking With Dinosaurs - The Live Experience are putting on the 
finishing touches after a year spent creating the beasts

**  Dinosaur hunter tops Naperville's most famous list
Dinosaur hunter Paul Sereno, 49, trailed CNN anchor Paula Zahn, 50, until 
the final day of voting Wednesday, when he surged to the finish line with 35 
percent of the vote, compared with Zahn's 21 percent.

**  Museum director chains self to dinosaur skeleton in protest
The palaeontologist called upon the municipality to effect the "immediate" 
return of a reconstructed head of Giganotosaurus, the largest meat-eating 
dinosaur discovered to date
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**  Other Fossil news - Extraordinary 'microfossils' represent Canada's 
earliest wildlife
Federal scientists have found some of Canada's earliest wildlife - fossils 
in a Yukon mountain range twice as old as the dinosaurs that show some very 
small ancestors of modern animals

**  Rare dinosaur nest fetches $420,000 in LA auction
Auction house Bonhams & Butterfields had estimated the raptoid nest, which 
contained exposed embryos of the predators, would go for between $180,000 
and $220,000

**  Chinese scientist asks U.S. auctioneers not to put dinosaur nest under 
hammer
"It's certainly been smuggled out of China through illegal channels," said 
Xing Lida, a dinosaur expert with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology 
and Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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