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'Thunder-Thighs' Dinosaur Discovered: Brontomerus May Have Used Powerful Thigh Muscles to Kick Predators
February 23, 2011 — A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah. Brontomerus may have used its powerful thighs as a weapon to ... > full story -
T. Rex More Hyena Than Lion: Tyrannosaurus Rex Was Opportunistic Feeder, Not Top Predator, Paleontologists Say
February 22, 2011 — Was T. rex really the king of the forest? A new census of dinosaurs in Montana's Hell Creek Formation shows that T. rex was far too abundant to be a top predator. Paleontologists argue that T. rex ... > full story -
3-D Digital Dinosaur Track Download: A Roadmap for Saving at-Risk Natural History Resources
February 11, 2011 — Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote a fossil discovery from field to lab in the form of digital data on a laptop. But standard formats to ensure data accessibility of these ... > full story -
Secrets of Dinosaur Footprints Revealed, Thanks to 'Goldilocks'
February 3, 2011 — Terrain thought to be ruled by only the largest dinosaurs to inhabit Earth could have in fact been home to dozens of other creatures, ground-breaking research has ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops
January 31, 2011 — Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants' family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species called ... > full story -
Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction by 700,000 Years, Fossil Find Suggests
January 27, 2011 — Researchers have determined that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million years ... > full story -
No Leftovers for Tyrannosaurus Rex: New Evidence That T. Rex Was Hunter, Not Scavenger
January 26, 2011 — Tyrannosaurus rex hunted like a lion, rather than regularly scavenging like a hyena, new research reveals. The findings end a long-running debate about the hunting behavior of this awesome ... > full story -
First Single-Fingered Dinosaur Discovered
January 24, 2011 — A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, ... > full story -
How to Tell a Pterodactyl's Sex: Dino-Era Riddle Solved by New Fossil Find
January 20, 2011 — Killed and preserved with her egg, a fossil of a flying reptile shows for the first time how hips and crests can be used to sex ... > full story -
New Predator 'Dawn Runner' Discovered in Early Dinosaur Graveyard
January 13, 2011 — A team of paleontologists and geologists from Argentina and the United States have discovered a lanky dinosaur that roamed South America in search of prey as the age of dinosaurs began, approximately ... > full story -
New Species of Ancient Flying Reptile Identified on British Columbia Coast
January 10, 2011 — Persistence paid off for a paleontology researcher, who after months of pondering the origins of a fossilized jaw bone, finally identified it as a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile that ... > full story -
Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All
December 20, 2010 — Scientists used statistical analyses to determine the diet of 90 species of theropod dinosaurs. Their results challenge the conventional view that nearly all theropods hunted prey, especially those ... > full story
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