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Sauropods were one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs to ever walk the Earth. New research helps explain why.

Superhearing And Fast Growth ... Scientists Learn Why Sauropods Ruled

Apr 26, 2016
A nearly complete fossilized skull from Argentina helps explains the success of these giant dinosaurs that roamed some 95 million years ago.
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Some of the tracks that researchers say were made by long-necked dinosaurs that roamed 170 million years ago.

Before There Were Tourists, Dinosaurs Strolled Scotland's Isle Of Skye

Dec 01, 2015
On a recent fossil-hunting trip to the island, researchers stumbled across a cache of dinosaur footprints in what was once a lagoon.
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A model of how the T. rex and triceratops will eventually look at the Smithsonian. Every angle and behavior have been vetted by dinosaur specialists, who still debate whether T. rex was primarily a hunter or a scavenger.

'Nation's T. Rex' Strikes A Rapacious Pose

Oct 01, 2015
Drills and screws would damage the frail, 65.5 million-year-old bones of the Smithsonian's 38-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex. So how do you make it stand? Blacksmiths in Canada are working their magic.
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<em>Josephoartigasia </em>was a cow-size rodent that lived 3 million years ago.

12 Ancient Giants: An Ode To The Enormous And Extinct

Aug 12, 2015
A dragonfly with a 2-foot wingspan? A sloth the size of an elephant? Skunk Bear's latest video introduces the enormous, ancient relatives of modern animals — all in rhyming verse. Of course.
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An illustration of <em>Pappochelys</em>,<em> </em>based on its 240-million-year-old fossilized remains. This ancestor to today's turtle was about 8 inches long.

How The Turtle Got Its Shell

Jun 24, 2015
The ribs of a 240 million-year-old fossil hold clues to how the first turtle shell evolved. And its skull shape seems closer to that of lizards and snakes than to an ancestor of dinosaurs and birds.
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Photograph of the skull of the new horned dinosaur <em>Regaliceratops peterhewsi</em> in oblique view.

Newly Identified 'Hellboy' Dinosaur Sported Unique Horns, Scientists Say

Jun 04, 2015
The new species, a close relative of Triceratops that was discovered in Alberta, Canada, has large horns above the eyes and a crown-like frill.
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An artist's rendition of anchiornis, a non-avian dinosaur <em></em>(top), and a modern tinamou, with key bones highlighted in each face.

How Bird Beaks Got Their Start As Dinosaur Snouts

May 12, 2015
Hoping to help trace the history of how velociraptors evolved into birds, researchers at Harvard and Yale may have tracked a key beak transformation to two genes.
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A life-size replica of a Brontosaurus towers above park goers on Christmas day in 2006 in Manila, Philippines.

Is It Time To Resurrect The Brontosaurus?

Apr 07, 2015
More than a century ago, the Brontosaurus was deemed too similar to the dinosaur Apatosaurus. Recent research finds there is enough difference between the two creatures after all.
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An artist's rendering of what <em>Dearcmhara shawcrossi</em> probably looked like in dinosaur times.

Ancient Scottish Sea Reptile Not 'Nessie,' But Just As Cute

Jan 13, 2015
It was 15 feet long, with a snout shaped like a dolphin's. This newly identified meat-eater swam the seas near the Isle of Skye in the time of dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur Tracks Discovered at Red Rock

Nov 29, 2011
A group of hikers at Red Rock stumbled across the first ever confirmed dinosaur tracks in the state of Nevada. Footprints of a three toed dinosaur about the size of a large dog were confirmed by Bureau of Land Management paleontologists this month.
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Re-engineering the dinosaur

Nov 01, 2011
Paleontologist Jack Horner has been laughed at before. When he said dinosaurs were really birds not reptiles, the idea was rejected but now it's the accepted view.
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Paleontology in Southern Nevada

Apr 22, 2011
April is Paleontology Awareness Month. The Lost City Museum in Overton will be hosting a presentation by Paleontologist Josh Bonde this Saturday.
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