Search results for jurassic era
Giant Skull of 12m Pliosaur 'Sea Monster' Unearthed in England
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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The fossilised skull of a pliosaur, the largest marine reptile that ever lived, has been discovered along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Extinction by asteroid a rarity: 'Sick Earth' extinctions more likely
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2008 |
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In geology as in cancer research, the silver bullet theory always gets the headlines and nearly always turns out to be wrong.
Only second Jurassic dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
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Dec 10, 2007 |
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A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago.
Carbon cycle was already disrupted millions of years ago
Apr 14, 2006 |
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Dutch researcher Yvonne van Breugel analysed rocks from seabeds millions of years old. Carbon occurs naturally in two stable forms; atomic mass 12 (99 percent) and atomic mass 13 (1 percent). Episodes in the Jurassic and ...
Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...
By crockie, what long, needlepoint teeth you have
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Mar 19, 2007 |
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An ancient sea-going crocodile has surfaced from the rocks of Crook County in eastern Oregon. Really.
Scientists Use Squid Ink to Draw its Jurassic Period Owner
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Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists digging in Trowbridge, Wiltshire in England have uncovered the fossilized remains of a prehistoric squid-like creature that lived in the Jurassic period around 150 million years ...
Ancient mammal tracks found at national monument
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Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hundreds of tiny footprints left by mammals some 190 million years ago have been found on a canyon wall in a remote part of Dinosaur National Monument, park officials said Thursday.
Pittsburgh U. gets fossil-rich land
Jan 25, 2006 |
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A Wyoming cattle rancher has donated about 4,700 acres of his dinosaur-bone rich Wyoming ranch to the University of Pittsburgh.
A Jurassic tree grows in Australia
Oct 17, 2005 |
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The Wollemi pine, a 200 million-year-old tree from the Jurassic period long thought to be extinct, has reportedly been found growing in Australia.
Scientists discover massive Jurassic marine reptile
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Mar 05, 2008 |
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University of Alaska Museum of the North earth sciences curator Patrick Druckenmiller spent several weeks last summer working with a Norwegian research team to excavate a large pliosaur specimen in the remote ...
Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula
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May 21, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the May 21 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a herd of 11 sau ...
Med students to study dinosaur ailments
Mar 01, 2006 |
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The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is launching a unique program to teach medical students the evolutionary history of humans and animals.
Plesiosaur a victim of shark attack
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An 85 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found with over 80 shark's teeth, suggesting the animal was the victim of sharks in a feeding frenzy. The find is perhaps the most spectacular example of ...
British boy spots dinosaur tracks
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Feb 24, 2008 |
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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.
