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Paleontology
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Fossil reptile discovery extraordinary
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A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.
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An ancestor of the rabbit connects Europe and Asia
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The species Amphilagus tomidai was recently discovered - an ancestor of the rabbit which lived in present-day Siberia during the Miocene, about 14 million years ago. The discovery of this mammal, belonging to a family which was th
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7-year-old boy discovers new species of dinosaur
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Bringing your kids to work has its benefits. Seven-year-old Diego Suarez was playing outside with his sister while his parents, both geologists, studied rock formations in the Andes in southern Chile. As they were playing, Suarez
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140- million year old dinosaur tooth discovered
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A dinosaur tooth found in Malaysia is at least 140 million years old and belongs to a new species within the "bird-hipped" Ornithischian order, researchers said Thursday.
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The Dinosaurs You Love Are Fake
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No Single Missing Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs
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Birds didn't evolve in one fell swoop from their dinosaur ancestors, suggests a newly constructed dinosaur family tree showing our feathery friends evolved very gradually, at first.
Ever seen a bird penis? Chances are you haven
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Big-Nosed Dino Might Have Attracted Mates With Shnoz
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A new dinosaur with a huge nose has been unearthed in Utah and now the question is: what did it do with its enormous shnoz?
The dinosaur, Rhinorex condrupus aka “King Nose,” could have used its namesake body part for a vari
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New Answer for Why Hadrosaurs Showed So Much Skin
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Some days, it must not have been easy to be a hadrosaur. You're a dinosaur, sure, but it's hard to feel like a badass when your head resembles a duck. On the plus side, these herbivores outlasted more fashionable dinos such as the
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Tiny Jurassic Mammals Were Picky Eaters
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In the Jurassic Period, when dinosaurs ruled the land, tiny mammals probably had to keep a low profile and survive by gobbling any insects they could find, but new research suggests these early mammals may have been pickier eaters
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Fox-sized relative of Triceratops discovered in Venezuela
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The fossil of a new two-legged, fox-sized dinosaur relative of both Stegosaurus and Triceratops, which dates back about 200 million years, has been discovered in Venezuela. The find suggests that dinosaurs advanced quickly across
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Petrified Wood Contains Oldest Fossilized Fire Scar
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After serving nearly 30 years as a doorstop for a nuclear physicist, a hunk of petrified wood from Arizona has finally been recognized as a one-of-a-kind find. The 210-million-year-old piece of wood contains the first fossilized f
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Ancient Death Trap Now a Paleontological Treasure Trove
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An ancient death trap is now a paleontological treasure trove. The Natural Trap Cave in north-central Wyoming has been the site of many deaths over the past 100,000 years. A mostly hidden hole in the ground is the only entrance to
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Giant penguin fossil shows bird was taller than most humans
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A penguin species that lived millions of years ago would have dwarfed today’s biggest living penguins and stood as tall as most humans, according to analysis of fossils by a team of researchers from the La Plata Museum in Argent
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Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm of events, study shows
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Dinosaurs might have survived the asteroid strike that wiped them out if it had taken place slightly earlier or later in history, scientists say.
They found that in the few million years before a 10km-wide asteroid struck what
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New fossil discovery reveals giant shrimp's tiny brain
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It was one of the world's first predators: an ancient beast that patrolled the oceans half a billion years ago in search of prey to grasp with its long, spiny appendages.
But as fearsome as the creature was, fresh evidence has
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Fossil of 'largest flying bird' identified
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The fossilized remains of the largest flying bird ever found have been identified by scientists.
This creature would have looked like a seagull on steroids - its wingspan was between 6.1 and 7.4m (20-24ft).
The find is publi
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Dinosaurs Found in Mass Grave Died of Drought
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One body rests on its left side, head and neck pulled back toward the pelvis—a classic death pose. The arms and legs are still in their anatomically correct positions, but closer inspection reveals that bones of the hands and fe
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Paleontologists unveil online showcase of 3-D fossil remains
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More than two decades ago, a paleontologist began the laborious task of digitally scanning the bones of mastodons, mammoths and other prehistoric creatures so the images could be displayed on computers. Several recent technical ad
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Ancient Mega-Fish No Longer the One that Got Away
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For more than a century, the mystery of the true size of a gigantic dinosaur-era fish, Leedsichthys, seemed like the one that got away for paleontologists.
However, a new study may have solved the problem. The study documented
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Out of Many Psittacosaurus, One Emerges
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How many species of non-avian dinosaur were there? We will probably never know the definite total, but we can be sure that there were both more and less dinosaur species than have been named to date. The process of science is at t
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Ostrich egg hailed as oldest globe from the New World
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A European collector of antique maps claims to have identified the oldest known globe depicting the New World -including the future Canada - after spending a year researching what he concluded is a 509-year-old ostrich egg transfo
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Megaconus: Furry Proto-Mammal Stuns Paleontologists
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An international team of paleontologists has discovered a well-preserved fossil of a proto-mammal, named Megaconus mammaliaformis, that lived in what is now the Inner Mongolia Region of China about 165 million years ago. The fossi
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