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** Celebrating discovery of a dinosaur
The Rutland dinosaur, which was discovered near Stamford in 1968, has had
pride of place at Leicester's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery since the mid
1980s
** 'Horrible' American dinosaur for sale in French auction
It will be the first time such a dinosaur specimen has gone up for public
sale since a T-Rex called Sue was sold in New York in 1997
** African dinosaur book to have SciFest launch
Fossils of dinosaurs have been discovered across Africa, from the sandstone
flats of the Karoo to the plains of Kenya
** Evidence of sickle-toed dinosaur discovered in Korea
The footprint of a sickle-toed carnivorous dinosaur was discovered for the
first time in Korea and only the fourth time in the world
** Teaming Together To Spread News About Dino Discoveries
In an effort to highlight the ongoing discoveries in paleontology, Trilobite
Clothing and Dinosaurnews.org are pleased to announce the "Making News"
fundraising campaign at http://www.cafepress.com/trilobite/4335254.
Trilobite Clothing has created a brand new apparel design exclusively for
the "Making News" campaign, to be sold in limited quantities, with all
profits generated going to Dinosaurnews.org
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** Not Dinos But - Ancient oreodont quite a find for N.M. location
The oreodont - the name is derived from the words for "mountain" and
"tooth," though no one quite knows why - lived among a fauna very much like
what you would see on the African savannah today - a grassland with clumps
of trees along the river
** Gondwana dinosaurs rule, OK?
Just as Argentineans have a newly found pride in their local species,
researchers including Salisbury are re-evaluating Australian fossils, based
on a recent boom in discoveries of southern hemisphere dinosaurs
** Rare dinosaur hip bone found in Quay County
What was found and excavated was an ilium, the topmost element of the three
bones that make up the hip bone of an unidentified creature that lived in
Triassic period, or approximately 200 million years ago, in the Tucumcari
area
** Dinosaur Graveyard as Tourist Draw
She was chipping away at a rock looking for a missing hip bone believed to
be part of Mr. Calvo's most famous discovery, Futalognkosaurus, a new genus
of plant-eating dinosaur more than 100 feet long from tail to nose
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** Dinosaurs to get new home in Heyuan
Heyuan, a city in the mountains of Guangdong, set a Guinness World Record in
2005 for the world's largest collection of dinosaur egg fossils - it had
10,080 at the time
** Dino Art 2008 explores the "Savage Ancient Seas"
For those aspiring artists out there, it's time for Dino Art 2008. This year's
theme is "Savage Ancient Seas." Winning entries will have the opportunity to
travel with our travelling exhibition, "Savage Ancient Seas," to the ends of
the earth!
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