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Study Of Polar Dinosaur Migration Questions Whether Dinosaurs Were Truly The First Great Migrators
October 21, 2008 A recently released study of northern and southern polar dinosaur migration indicates that some species may have migrated nearly 3,000 km in a six month period- far short of the distance needed to ... > full story -
Dinosaur Dance Floor: Numerous Tracks at Jurassic Oasis on Arizona-Utah Border
October 20, 2008 Geologists identified an amazing concentration of dinosaur footprints and tail-drag marks that they call "a dinosaur dance floor," located in a wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border where there was a ... > full story -
Brain Structure Provides Key To Unraveling Function Of Bizarre Dinosaur Crests
October 16, 2008 Paleontologists have long debated the function of the strange, bony crests on the heads of the duck-billed dinosaurs known as lambeosaurs. The structures contain incredibly long, convoluted nasal ... > full story -
Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity
October 7, 2008 New research argues in favor of a "sick earth" mechanism for most extinctions, rather than external event like an asteroid ... > full story -
New Dinosaur Species, Pachyrhinosaur Lakustai, Had Bony Frill And Horns
October 2, 2008 Newly found fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. Scientists describe the animals as having a bony frill on the back of the skull ... > full story -
Mass Extinctions And The Evolution Of Dinosaurs
September 30, 2008 Dinosaurs did not proliferate immediately after they originated, but that their rise was a slow and complicated event, and driven by two mass extinctions, according to new ... > full story -
Meat-Eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-Like Breathing System
September 29, 2008 The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing ... > full story -
America's Smallest Dinosaur Uncovered
September 23, 2008 An unusual breed of dinosaur that was the size of a chicken, ran on two legs and scoured the ancient forest floor for termites is the smallest dinosaur species found in North America, according to a ... > full story -
My, What Big Teeth You Had! Extinct Species Had Huge Teeth On Roof Of Mouth
September 12, 2008 Paleontologists have found a previously unknown amphibious predator that probably made the Antarctica of 240 million years ago something less than a hospitable ... > full story -
Good Luck, Not Superiority, Gave Dinosaurs Their Edge, Study Of Crocodile Cousins Reveals
September 11, 2008 Researchers have challenged the general consensus among scientists that there must have been something special about dinosaurs that helped them rise to prominence. Good luck, not general ... > full story
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