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New T. Rex Cousin Suggests Dinosaurs Arose in S. America

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The discovery of a dog-size T. rex ancestor may rewrite dinosaur evolutionary history, a new study says. (…)

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Venomous Dinosaur Discovered–Shocked Prey Like Snake?

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Jurassic Park was packed with pseudo-science, but one of its fictions may have accidentally anticipated a dinosaur discovery announced today—venomous raptors. (…)

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8-Horned T. Rex Cousin Found–Dinosaur Was “Ballerina”

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

A sleek cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been unearthed in Asia’s Gobi desert. (…)

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New flying reptile fossils found

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Researchers in China and the UK say they have discovered the fossils of a new type of flying reptile that lived more than 160 million years ago.
The find is named Darwinopterus , after Charles Darwin. (…)

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Dinosaurs had ‘earliest feathers’

September 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Exceptionally well preserved dinosaur fossils uncovered in north-eastern China display the earliest known feathers.
The creatures are all more than 150 million years old. (…)

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