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Geotimes
March 2005
Megan Sever |
Dinosaur-Eating Mammal Recent excavations in China's Liaoning province have uncovered a well-preserved complete skeleton of a dog-sized mammal, alongside a cat-sized mammal that had the remains of its last supper -- a young dinosaur -- fossilized in its stomach.   |
Geotimes
November 2007 |
The Little Dino That Could A flying dinosaur found in Mongolia is so small that it is overturning previous thinking about how and when dinosaurs evolved and took flight. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Spencer G. Lucas |
The Three Faces of Dinosaurs Three images of dinosaurs tell a remarkable story of how paleontological discoveries have driven research that has shaped and reshaped paleontologists' understanding of of the most famous of all extinct creatures. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Jay Chapman |
Fossil Fetus of Flying Reptile Unearthed The Liaoning specimens were located in lake deposits that were periodically smothered by volcanic ash, preserving the fossils in fine detail. The depth and quality of this fossil resource will continue to make Liaoning a paleontology hot spot in the future. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Megan Sever |
Tracks in the Colorado Sand University of Colorado researchers recently made a stunning discovery on a golf course: several well-preserved mammal tracks from the age of the dinosaurs. |
Popular Mechanics
November 16, 2009
Cassie Rodenberg |
The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009 For paleontologists who routinely discover new dinosaurs, a good set of eyes, geological know-how and a little luck remain the best tools. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Large Dinosaurs Ran Hot Size does matter -- at least when it comes to dinosaurs' body temperatures, according to new research. Using growth rate and age information gleaned from fossils, researchers have estimated likely body temperatures for dinosaurs of various sizes, as well as tyrannosaur survival rates. |
Geotimes
July 2005
Megan Sever |
Dinosaur Links Meat-Eaters and Vegetarians A new dinosaur, called Falcarius utahensis, has provided a previously missing link between carnivorous and herbivorous therizinosaurs, which lived millions of years apart. |
Geotimes
June 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Egg-Laying Dinosaurs Because of their three-pronged grasping claw configurations, oviraptors were named "egg thieves," but the dinosaurs' reputation has in recent years shifted from egg-stealing to egg-laying. And a new fossil from China illustrates this. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Philip J. Curie |
Fine-Feathered Adventures in China Unearthing the Dragon: The Great Feathered Dinosaur Discovery by Mark Norell is as fine a dinosaur book as it is good travel literature. |
Geotimes
May 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Birds Evolve Small Genomes Pre-Flight The holes in fossil dinosaur bones are pointing out the holes in the theories of bird evolution. |
Geotimes
October 2006
Carolyn Gramling |
David Fastovsky: Dinosaur Virtuoso The paleontologist has played the viola in some of the finest dinosaur fossil sites in the world. |
Geotimes
February 2005 |
Paleontologist for a Day Over the last 10 years, approximately 6,000 visitors have participated in pay-to-dig programs and have found well-preserved remnants of Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus and Allosaurus (the only meat-eater) fossils, as well as clues to the Jurassic environment. |
Science News
September 10, 2005 |
Dinosaurs! The Smithsonian Institution's dinosaur website lets on-line visitors peruse through their collection as well as view the evolution of the dinosaur. |
Geotimes
June 2006
Jennifer Yauck |
Ancient Bird Fossil Makes a Splash Recent expeditions in China have unearthed well-preserved fossils of an ancient bird that lived between 105 million and 115 million years ago. The fossils of the modern-looking bird suggest that today's birds may have originated from an aquatic ancestor. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Dwarfing Earth's Largest Dinosaur When compared to their counterparts today, animals and plants in the late Jurassic period, about 161 million to 145 million years ago, appear super-sized. Newly discovered dinosaur fossils show, however, that the largest animal to ever walk on Earth also came in a dwarfed version. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Domed Dinos Made Love Not War In the 1950s, paleontologists hypothesized that dinosaurs with skulls shaped like bowling balls butted heads, much like sheep or other modern horned animals might. But a recent reassessment of some of these fossils revealed something quite different. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Callan Bentley |
Summer Roadtrip: A Fossil Aquarium in Wyoming Fossil Butte National Monument is located in southwestern Wyoming, near the town of Kemmerer. It is the best place in the world to see freshwater lake fossils from 50 million years ago. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Josh Chamot |
Dinosaur skeletons in the closet More than 20 years after unearthing a 215 million-year-old skeleton, paleontologists are realizing the value of their find. |
Science News
April 8, 2000 |
Trilobites to Go Extinct even before dinosaurs existed on Earth but extensively preserved in the fossil record... |
Geotimes
June 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Penguins Endure Extinction Event Fossil and genetic evidence suggest that penguin ancestors living about 65 million years ago survived even more extreme conditions than they do today, including the impact that may have led to the demise of the dinosaurs. |
Science News
July 31, 2004 |
From the July 28, 1934, Issue Twelve Swamp Dinosaurs Found by Museum Party... Old Violin Makers' Secrets Revealed by x-Ray Analysis... Cancer Caused by Virus Present in Even Normal Cells... |
Smithsonian
May 2006
Helen Fields |
Dinosaur Shocker New observations could shed light on how dinosaurs evolved and how their muscles and blood vessels worked. And the new findings might help settle a long-running debate about whether dinosaurs were warmblooded, coldblooded -- or both. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Megan Sever |
Correcting the Fossil Record Recently, paleontologists have been working on ways to fill in gaps in life's diversity record, and some researchers are finding that climate change -- including greenhouse gas warming -- may play a pivotal role in preserving fossil assemblages. |
Geotimes
August 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Dino Pose Discloses Cause of Death Dinosaur fossils reveal skeleton after skeleton posed with back arched and head and tail thrown back, and new research is finally revealing what caused such tortuous death poses. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Dinosaurs in the cold, dark Antarctic Washington, DC -- Paleontologists recently unearthed two Antarctic dinosaurs' skeletons, representing two new species from very different time periods on the southern continent. |
Chemistry World
June 23, 2011
Hayley Birch |
Dinosaur smile reveals secret to staying cool The levels of rare carbon and oxygen isotopes in fossilised dinosaur teeth suggest that some dinosaurs had body temperatures comparable to modern mammals. |
Smithsonian
November 2006 |
Wild Things: Life as We Know It The Dinosaurs Are Coming!... Timeworn Tot... It's a Snap... Observed... Listening to Luna... |
Geotimes
February 2005
Martin & Case |
Fossil Hunting in Antarctica Expeditions to the continent of Antarctica has brought great information about animals in the distant past and show that the world, and particularly Antarctica, was much warmer around 70 million years ago compared to the present. |
Wired
Damon Tabor |
Q and A: Jack Horner Wants to Re-Create T. Rex From Chickens Flip the right genetic switches in a chicken embryo and you just might hatch a baby dino. Paleontologist Jack Horner intends to do it. |
Inc.
July 2009
Kasey Wehrum |
The Business of the Museum A look at companies that helped to create a dinosaur exhibit at Pittsburgh's natural history museum. |
Salon.com
June 1, 2000
Donald D. Groff |
Digging for dinosaurs Our expert offers tips on family-oriented dino sites, historic Route 66 and Welsh bardic tourneys. |
