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Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 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.


Ancient pygmy sea cow discovered

Ancient pygmy sea cow discovered

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a Middle Eocene (48.6-37.2 million years ago) sea cow fossil by McGill University professor Karen Samonds has culminated in the naming of a new species. This primitive "dugong" ...


Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...


Fossils on the Edge of Forever

Fossils on the Edge of Forever

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Astrobiologists have not yet found alien life on other planets. But the fossil record has evidence of aliens of another sort: the Ediacarans that lived on Earth millions of years ago.


Fossils shake dinosaur family tree

Fossils shake dinosaur family tree

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have unearthed a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in New Mexico, settling a debate about early dinosaur evolution, revealing a period of explosive diversification and ...


World's first skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi reveals new biology

World's first skeletal mount of Paluxysaurus jonesi reveals new biology

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 11 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Early Cretaceous sauropod Paluxysaurus jonesi weighed 20 tons, was 60 feet long and had a neck 26 feet long, according to scientists who prepared the world's first full skeletal mount ...


Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil

Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil

Biology / Biotechnology

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient DNA from frozen soil in ...



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