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Crocodile fossil found in Brazil
A 90-million-year-old fossil of an unknown species of crocodile that inhabited Brazil's southeast region in unusual environmental conditions has been unveiled by researchers in Rio de Janeiro.
6 hrs ago | Southtyneside Today
Reviewed: Walking With Dinosaurs, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle...
JURASSIC Park brought dinosaurs to life on the big screen in the 1990s. Now Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular is doing it for a new generation of amazed youngsters.
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Arctic climate under greenhouse conditions in the Late Cretaceous
Fossil diatom algae of Cretaceous age from the Alpha Ridge of the Arctic Ocean. The image shows still partly connected cells of a colonial diatom of the genus Hemiaulus, individually only 25 microns across, together with other fragments.
Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago
An international team of researchers has studied the coralline algae fossils that lived on the last coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea between 7.24 and 5.3 million years ago.
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Was ancient Earth a green planet?
Earth's landmasses in the late Precambrian probably weren't pleasant, but at least they were green.
Armadillo-like crocodile roamed Brazil
Fossils found in Brazil are from a crocodile resembling a large armadillo that was a predator in the area around modern-day Sao Paulo state 90 million years ago, researchers said on Tuesday.
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The secret to mega-dinosaurs' impressive sizes may be that the reptiles used more of their energy for growing and less for keeping their bodies warm compared with some creatures.
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First Land Creatures Had Wild Appearances
The first fish-like animals to squirm out of the sea and onto land were pretty wild looking, new research concludes.
Three new large dinosaurs discovered in Australia
Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.
Eight-million-year-old elephant fossil remains found in UAE
Paleontologists Sunday announced that they found an eight-million-year-old fossilised remains of an elephant, a hippo and a giant ostrich in western Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates .
Dino exhibit might keep boredom away
Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta has the antidote to boredom with a special "90 Days of Dinosaurs" exhibit.
Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs
The two plant-eating and one carnivore dinosaurs, the first large dinosaurs unearthed since 1981, were found in Queensland and date back 98 million years to the mid-Cretaceous period.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au | Vicki__L
Banjo one of the new dinos on the block
LIKE the swagman, they met their end in a billabong. The predator, nicknamed Banjo, was Australia's answer to velociraptor - a fierce, meat-eating dinosaur with three large slashing claws on each hand.
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The pair of fighting dinosaurs tumbled across the sidewalk in front of me, bringing me to an abrupt halt. Screeching, flipping tail over talon, grasping at each other with their sharp, three-toed hind feet and stabbing at each other with their mouths, they didn’t even pause when they rolled over a vertical drop twice their own body length.
Dinosaur mummy yields skin molecules
The extremely well-preserved remains of a 66-million-year-old hadrosaur, known as a "dinosaur mummy," have just yielded soft-tissue skin structures and organic molecules, according to a new study.
Scientists tour the Creationism Museum
Tony sez, "Recently, a group of paleontologists were in town for the North American Paleontological Convention at the University of Cincinnati, and decided to take a field trip to the Creation Museum just across the river, in Kentucky.
Three new species of Australian dinosaur have been discovered in a prehistoric billabong in western Queensland.
Evolutionists aren't the only scientists
I will make a few comments about the Associated Press article "Scientists study foes' ways at Creation Museum" in the Times-News, June 25.
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Dinosaur mummy gives up organic material
A mummified dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota may contain traces of 66-million-year old organic material, which could provide vital information about its evolution.
Myanmar Fossil May Shed Light On Evolution
Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes - known as anthropoids - evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday.