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UC Merced Student Unearths 65 Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull — KTLA
A college student made the discovery of a lifetime on a recent paleontology dig when he unearthed a partial Triceratops skull. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California, Merced, uncovered the 65 million-year-old skull in the badlands of North Dakota. Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California,… via …
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T-Rex on sale for $3 million on eBay sparks outrage — NBC News Top Stories
The remains were found in a marsh in Hell Creek Formation in Montana in 2013, according to its owner. via T-Rex on sale for $3 million on eBay sparks outrage — NBC News Top Stories
BBC News: Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils
Pterosaurs: Fur flies over feathery fossils - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46572782
Dinosaur ‘Missing Link’ Discovered
Dinosaur discovery is 'missing link' in 70-million-year evolutionary gap https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alvarezsaurian-dinosaur-discovery-1.4802026
The Dinosaur that ate Ryan Zinke — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Alexander Nazaryan as published on Yahoo News “That specimen was found in a national monument you shrunk so you could sell mining rights,” WASHINGTON — The dinosaur was a Lythronax, a fearsome predator who lived 80 million years ago. Known as the “King of Gore,” it spent its days feasting upon smaller dinosaurs on the […] …
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Rich people are buying up dinosaurs because museums are too poor to get them
On June 4, an auction house in Paris will put a highly coveted item on the block: A nearly complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur, almost 9 meters (30 feet) long, believed to have lived during the late Jurassic era 154 million years ago. The world’s paleontologists would love to get their hands on the… via …
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Dino footprints – Scotland
If you’ve ever wished Jurassic Park was real, taking a trip to Scotland may be the next best thing. Scientists have discovered ancient dinosaur tracks on the Isle of Skye in Scotland dating back to the Middle Jurassic period. The discovery of dozens of dino footprints that are about 170 million years old holds international… via …
Dinosaurs Took Between 3 and 6 Months to Hatch
Non-avian dinosaurs took between three and six months to hatch from their eggs, according to a study that examined the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos. Scientists have long assumed dinosaur incubation was similar to the rapid incubation of birds, which hatch within 11 to 85 days. However, the study found that dinosaurs aligned more with… via …
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More Proof that Dinosaurs Had Feathers
Palaeontologists have discovered a 1.4-inch dinosaur’s tail, complete with delicate feathers, bones and soft tissue, preserved in amber. The lump of resin was recovered at an amber market in northern Burma near the Chinese border, where it was destined to become jewelry. It originally came from a mine in the Hukawng Valley in Kachin state.… via …
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