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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 ...

Scientists find fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

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Oct 21, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur species, Fruitadens haagarorum, is the smallest dinosaur ever discovered from North America. The tiny Fruitadens weighed less than a kilogram (two pounds) and was just 70 c ...

Mini Dinosaurs Prowled North America (w/Video)

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Mar 16, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (15) | 0

Massive predators like Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex may have been at the top of the food chain, but they were not the only meat-eating dinosaurs to roam North America, according to Canadian researchers w ...

Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica

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Nov 11, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land.

Canadian scientist aims to turn chickens into dinosaurs

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Aug 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (23) | 33

After years spent hunting for the buried remains of prehistoric animals, a Canadian paleontologist now plans to manipulate chicken embryos to show he can create a dinosaur.

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.

Competition may have led to new dinosaur species in Grande Prairie area

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May 12, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a gruesome feeding frenzy that played out 73 million years ago in northwestern Alberta may also lead to the discovery of new dinosaur species in northwestern Alberta.

Mummified dinosaur skin yields up new secrets

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Jul 01, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (18) | 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified preserved organic molecules in the skin of a dinosaur that died around 66-million years ago.

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 ...

Sands of Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur

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Jun 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard stones indicate ...

Dino footprints enter record books

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Oct 06, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (8) | 3

French researchers on Tuesday said they had uncovered the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more.

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