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** Blaze could expose more finds for local fossil hunters
Tumbler Ridge is home to B.C.'s only collection of dinosaur bones - most of
which were left behind as the town was evacuated on Monday night
** Take your little boredosauruses on a paleontological trek
The real star of this room is the rare flying Microraptor, which was found
near the Chinese city of Beipiao in 1999
** Dinosaur site a veritable bone yard, says palaeontologist
Despite being named for the city, the Edmontosaurus had only been previously
discovered in southern Alberta, though scientists had reason to think the
slow-moving plant eater also resided in the once-swampy habitat of the
Edmonton area
** More Fossil News - Fossil mysteries revealed
San Diego has a rich fossil record that tells a story of dramatic changes in
the area's climate, topography and inhabitants
** Feature Site - Fossil Mysteries
From dinosaurs to mastodons, travel through 75 million years and dig into
the rich fossil history of southern California and Baja California
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** Lower Bryce Canyon site of WSU fossil dig
The National Park Service entered into an agreement with WSU, with Eaton
prospecting the canyon's fossil resources
** David Bellamy's Best dinos you ever saw
The Bellamy family history has it that on my first visit to the Natural
History Museum, when the time-to-close bell was being rung, I lay down under
the skeleton of the diplodocus and threw a tantrum
** Young Nanjing Museum Tells Old Story
The museum, affiliated with the Nanjing Institute of Geology and
Palaeontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, focuses on
invertebrates and palaeobotany and features tiny fossils often hard to
discern without the aid of a microscope
** New Centre to Replicate Dinosaur Forest
In the rugged deserts of south-eastern Utah, Reese Barrick and Jeff Bartlett
are about to join their colleagues, digging away in a remote prehistoric
graveyard
** Dino Jaws exhibition focuses on dinosaur diet
The museum has added to its famed repertoire of moving life-size models of
massive creatures, with exhibits such as the Baryonyx dinosaur
** Thugs Rip Into Dino
Townsville's own dinosaur came close to extinction after vandals tore limbs
and teeth from the giant fossil
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