Mysterious mountain dino may be a new species

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Jun 12, 2008 | 3.9 / 5 (21) | 0

A partial dinosaur skeleton unearthed in 1971 from a remote British Columbia site is the first ever found in Canadian mountains and may represent a new species, according to a recent examination by a University ...

Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex will make its museum debut at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry along the banks of the Willamette River.

Scientists find more dinosaur bones at Utah quarry

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Jun 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(AP) -- Scientists at one of Utah's major new dinosaur quarries have found 60 to 70 new bones this spring, including what appears to be a 20-foot-long neck bone discovered this week.

Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft

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Jun 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.

T. rex still looking for home after Vegas auction

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Oct 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex is still looking for a home after bidders failed to meet the minimum price Saturday at a Las Vegas auction.

Evidence of the 'Lost World' -- did dinosaurs survive the end Cretaceous extinctions?

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Apr 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (14) | 2

The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's account of an isolated community of dinosaurs that survived the catastrophic extinction event 65 million years ago, has no less appeal now than it did when it was written a century ...

Dinosaur species innocent of cannibalism

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Sep 26, 2006 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

A U.S. paleontology student is being credited with discrediting a theory that the dinosaur species Coelophysis bauri practiced cannibalism.

U of A students reaffirm the work of a 1920s paleontologist

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Dec 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Three University of Alberta paleontology graduate students blew the dust off an 85-year-old dinosaur find to discover the original researcher had it right and a 1970s revision of his work was wrong.

A case of mistaken dino-identity

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Jan 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (7) | 1

The official State Dinosaur of Texas is up for a new name, based on Southern Methodist University research that proved the titleholder has been misidentified.

Fossils of Asia's heaviest dinosaur found

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Jul 05, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (11) | 0

Scientists have located and identified the fossils of Asia's heaviest dinosaur on record in China's Henan Province, a report said.

Britain's oldest dinosaur to be released

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Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 210 million years of being entombed in rock, the Bristol Dinosaur is about to be released, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded to the University of Bristol.

British boy spots dinosaur tracks

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Feb 24, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (13) | 0

An 8-year-old boy found a pair of 160-million-year-old dinosaur tracks on the beach near his home in England, it was reported.

T. rex for sale: Dinosaur fossil on block in Vegas

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Sep 04, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Museums and high-rolling natural history buffs will get a crack at buying a fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex next month at a Las Vegas Strip auction.

Possible dinosaur burrows clues to survival strategies

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Jul 16, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Internationally renowned palaeontologist and Monash University Honorary Research Associate, Dr Anthony Martin has found evidence of a dinosaur burrow along the coast of Victoria, which helps to explain how dinosaurs protected ...

America's smallest dinosaur uncovered

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Sep 23, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (9) | 5

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 University of Calgary ...