Category: Dinosaurs

Area of Mars Identified as Good Place to Look for Evidence of Past Life (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com – A spot on Mars called Nili Fossae that is rich in clay mineral-rich rocks could be a prime spot to search for the fossilized remains of Martian life that may have existed 4 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

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Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – A clawed, predatory dinosaur may have been caught in the act of digging for mammalian prey, scientists now reveal.

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Clawed Dinosaur Caught in the Act of Digging for Prey
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Elephant tooth fossil found in Brazil: report (AFP)

AFP – Scientists in Brazil say a fossil of an elephant’s tooth found in the Amazon jungle proves the presence of pachyderms in South America some 45,000 years ago, a report said on Tuesday.

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Surprise! Puzzling Three-Horned Dino is Adult Triceratops (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – A three-horned dinosaur long known as Torosaurus may actually represent an adult Triceratops, according to paleontologists.

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Cave of marsupial fossils discovered in Outback (AP)

AP – Scientists have discovered a cave filled with 15-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback, a rare find that has revealed some surprising similarities between the creatures and modern-day kangaroos and koalas.

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Cave of marsupial fossils discovered in Outback
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Fossil Bones Suggest Ancient Marsupials Plunged to Death (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – More than 20 marsupials, some still suckling newborns, plunged to their deaths 15 million years ago through a vertical cave entrance obscured by vegetation, new fossil evidence suggests.

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Human lineage split from monkeys later than thought: study (AFP)

AFP – The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.

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Human lineage split from monkeys later than thought: study
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Tyrannosaurs Hunted and Scavenged, Fossils Suggest (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – As fearsome as giant tyrannosaurs such as T. rex were, scientists have found what may be the first evidence of these “terrible lizards” being dainty scavengers.

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Tyrannosaurs Hunted and Scavenged, Fossils Suggest
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Vt. scrap-wood dinosaur posing modern-day problem (AP)

AP – Does a 25-foot-tall, 122-foot-long dinosaur need a permit to avoid extinction?

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Newly Discovered Dinosaur Dubbed ‘Mojoceratops’ (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – A newly-discovered dinosaur with a heart-shaped frill around its head got its name from a combination of its flamboyant noggin and a round of beers.

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Newly Discovered Dinosaur Dubbed ‘Mojoceratops’
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