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** What big teeth this Alaska dinosaur had
Troodon was a meat eater that looked like an eight-foot bird, with the mouth
and tail of an alligator
** Molecular analysis confirms T. Rex, chicken link
Molecular analysis, or genetic sequencing, of a 68-million-year-old
Tyrannosaurus rex protein from the dinosaur's femur discovered in 2003 by
palaeontologist John Horner of the Museum of the Rockies confirms that T.
rex shares a common ancestry with chickens, ostriches, and to a lesser
extent, alligators
** First Dinosaur Tracks Discovered On Arabian Peninsula
They have discovered evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a
herd of 11 sauropods walking along a Mesozoic coastal mudflat in what is now
the Republic of Yemen
** Dinosaur find in Dorset
The most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in Britain is about to go on
display - evidence of a species unique to Britain that perished in a
devastating flood
** On the hunt for elusive largest dinosaur
The chances of finding evidence of what is believed to be the largest
dinosaur to roam the Earth are slim, but the thrill of potentially laying
claim to the monumental discovery is spurring a Drumheller palaeontologist
** Replica of T. rex Sue goes home
But like a heartbreaking old flame, Sue's reappearance - in the form of a
replica - has stirred mixed emotions in Faith, S.D.
** George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park celebrates its 15th anniversary
The park features more than 125 dinosaurs, displayed on eight acres on the
south side of the Ogden River, near the mouth of Ogden Canyon
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** Dinosaur bones remain locked down at Utah monument
For nearly two years, the nation's premier quarry of Jurassic-period
dinosaur bones has been kept behind locked doors in a building deemed unsafe
for the public
** The $942,797 Triceratops
As fossils become more expensive, we join the Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology and dinosaur lovers of all ages in appealing to private
collectors: Please find a way to put the significant fossils into the public
trust
** Dino illustrator takes art below the skin
Carol Abraczinskas sketches the fossil finds of famed dinosaur hunter Paul
Sereno, an art she undertook 18 years ago
** What is a Dino Mummy?
Find out why dinosaur mummies are the most rare and valuable of fossil
finds - National Geographic
** New Triassic exhibit hall opens
Dawn of the Dinosaurs: New Mexico's Triassic, explores the plants and
animals of the Triassic period in New Mexico and the world.
** 'Dinosaur Highway' rich in dig sites, museums
Currently, Montana's Two Medicine Dinosaur Centre displays a skeletal model
of seimosaurus, believed to be the world's longest dinosaur, and Colorado's
Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Centre's 17-foot-long Xiphactinus audax is among the
largest, most complete examples of this shark ancestor
** World Biggest Dinosaur Tracks Found in Korea
The Natural Heritage Centre under the National Research Institute of
Cultural Heritage has announced that it found the fossil trackway of two
baby dinosaurs dating back to 110 million years in Euiseong County, North
Gyeongsang Province
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** Dinosaur death tied to sun's bounce
The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such wavering
might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass
extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a new study claims
** T. rex vs. T. rex
The King of the Dinosaurs Returns to Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Final Phase of Dinosaurs in Their Time Opens on Father's Day, June 15, 2008
** Antarctic Conference of Gondwanan Palaeontology
This is a call for papers and an announcement of details for the first
Antarctic Conference of Gondwanan Palaeontology.
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** Workshop on sauropod gigantism, student grants
As part of an interdisciplinary DFG-funded research project on sauropod
dinosaurs organisers have obtained funding to convene an international
workshop at the University of Bonn, Germany, in November of 2008
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