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** Otways - Dinosaur den, Mega fossil central
Geelong will host a major dinosaur exhibition later this year, Hatching the
Past , but the region's links with dinosaurs go back a long way, at least
106 million years ago
** Tiny dino could run as fast as an Olympian athlete
A new research has suggested that a small dinosaur, known as Hypsilophodon
foxii, could run as fast as an Olympian athlete, and possessed a special
adaptation that prevented its ribs from rattling during its dash
** Big dinosaur tracks found near Sparwood
A palaeontologist working near Sparwood is celebrating the discovery of a
series of dinosaur footprints indicating a dinosaur as big as a T-Rex but
even older lived in British Columbia 135 million years ago
** Jurassic Park
For dinosaur fans, the Orlov Paleontology Institute, built in the 1970s, is
a must-see and its pterodactyl-pattern wrought-iron fences and mirrored
murals of the pre-Cambrian era are as impressive as its huge collection of
fossils and skeletons
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** T-Rex prey grew 'like crazy' to avoid being dino dinner
A duck-billed dinosaur which was a favourite prey of the Tyrannosaurus Rex,
grew "like crazy" from egg to adult-size to avoid being eaten by the king of
the dino world, a study has revealed
** Poland To Open Dinosaur Museum After Recent Discoveries
Palaeontologists have been flocking to the brickyard in Lipie Slaskie, where
Polish Science Academy researchers found a 200 million year old incomplete
skeleton
** Not Dinos But - Royal Ontario Museum scientists hope B.C. fossil search
fills gap in story of life
Scientist with the Royal Ontario Museum are embarking on an expedition this
month in British Columbia's Kootenay National Park in search of new
fossilized species they hope will shed light on life over 505 million years
ago
** Dinosaurs steal the show at Natural History Museum
Without any ballyhoo, the museum launched a new attraction in June called
Dinosaur Encounters, in which actor-puppeteers don lifelike T. rex or
triceratops suits and spend 20 minutes demonstrating how scientists believe
baby dinos behaved
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** Carnegie Fossils Exhibited In Japan
Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
will collaborate on an international exhibition "The Extinction of Dinosaurs
and Rise of New Rulers" at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, a premier
museum of earth sciences and paleontology in Fukui, Japan
** 11-year-old boy finds original jaw bone of dinosaur
Portuguese palaeontologists presented a reconstructed skull of Torvosaurus,
a giant prehistoric dinosaur they say is the largest known terrestrial
predator of the Jurassic Period
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