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3 hrs ago | www.livescience.com | Vicki__L

Speedy New Dinosaur Found in Canada

Standing next to a human adult, the newly named Albertadromeus syntarsus would have barely reached above the knees and it likely weighed just 30 lbs.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science

5 hrs ago | WKYC-TV Cleveland

Cleveland curator helped name new dinosaur species

A Cleveland Museum of Natural History curator was among a team of researchers that described and named a new species of dinosaur.

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Related Topix: Cleveland, OH, Dinosaur, Science

6 hrs ago | Arcata Eye

It Came Out Of The Sky, All 2.3 Lbs.

Duke Lindsay and his wife Cindy Harmann find all kinds of things on local beaches, simply because they look for them.

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Related Topix: Science, Nuclear Energy

7 hrs ago | How Stuff Works

Prehistoric Dog Lovers Liked Seafood, Jewelry, Spirituality

A pointer named "Major" was identified this week as the first known example of a modern dog.

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7 hrs ago | National Geographic

The Return of Grand Cayman's Blue Iguana: From Near-Extinction to Endangered

In 2002, between 10-25 blue iguanas remained in the wild. Today, there are 750. By incubating eggs in his home office and gathering plants to feed the baby blues, Fred Burton and his team have brought back a species that was nearly extinct.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Cayman Islands, Central America, World News

9 hrs ago | The Press-Enterprise

San Bernardino County: Scientists find ancient horse fossils

Eric Scott, San Bernardino County Museum curator of palentology, uses a pick to break out a possible fossil at Tule Springs in Nevada in 2010, as Kathleen Springer, the museum's senior curator of geological sciences and lead scientist for the research program in the upper Las Vegas Wash, looks on.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Science

11 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Trilobite: Highly complex organism found in so called cambrian strata

The Cambrian strata is supposedly the lowest strata that has fossils in it. These fossils are not to be complex at all, but have a simplicity about them.

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Related Topix: Science, University of Chicago

17 hrs ago | ABC News

Dinosaur museum funds snub a 'missed opportunity'

A south-west Queensland mayor says he is gutted the region has missed out on federal funding for a dinosaur museum for the third consecutive time.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Australia, Oceania, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Dino days: Spend the long weekend with some long-necks

Field Station: Dinosaurs in Secaucus is one way to get your dino fix this Memorial Day weekend.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Secaucus, NJ, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Family, Kids, Entertainment

Connecticut Post

Dinosaurs disembark for the summer in Norwalk

Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Conn., will welcome "Dinosaur Revolution" beginning Saturday, May 25, 2013.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Norwalk, CT, Family, Kids

EurekAlert!

Allosaurus fed more like a falcon than a crocodile, new study finds

The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Ohio University, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

EurekAlert!

14 closely related crocodiles existed around 5 million years ago

Nowadays, the most diverse species of crocodile are found in northern South America and Southeast Asia: As many as six species of alligator and four true crocodiles exist, although no more than two or three ever live alongside one another at the same time.

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Related Topix: Science

Mon May 20, 2013

Burton Mail

Everybody walk the dinosaurs

WHEN something has a 10 million price tag, it's only fair to assume it's going to be pretty special.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science

The Guardian

Separating the recent from the ancient past

It is not uncommon to come across claims of fossils being found in layers where we would not expect them to be, with combinations of animals from different geological eras coming together.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Landslide

Free Republic

Scientist Stumped by Actual Dinosaur Skin

Being the first ever to examine a dinosaur fossil long buried in sedimentary rock is thrilling enough for a field researcher.

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