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Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs' Origin Back 10 Million Years
Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives were North America's dominant predators in the late Cretaceous period, about 99 million to 65 million years ago, but a new analysis of a toothy fossil skull suggests that the early history of this group includes smaller meat-eating ancestors that date as far back as 170 million years ago.
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Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology
The daughter of a cabinetmaker and amateur fossil collector, Anning made her mark in the budding field of paleontology in early 19th-century England through the discovery of the first complete plesiosaur fossil -
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Bye-Bye Birdie: New Look at Archaeopteryx Shows It Was More Dinosaur Than Bird
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Planetary bombardments, past and future: Third dispatch from the annual planets meeting
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Are Torosaurus and Triceratops one and the same?
New feathered dinosaur specimen strengthens dino-bird link
Dino Deals: Prehistoric Fossils for Sale on the Vegas Strip [Slide Show]
Scientists Flesh Out Fossilized Tissues from Mummified Dinosaur
Duckbilled dinosaurs dined with an unusual bite
Scientific American reviews: How to Build a Dinosaur
Kraig Derstler: Digging Up Dinosaurs Is in His Bones
Dino Mites: A Diminutive Dinosaur in North America and a Rare Mass Death of Young Relatives in China
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind: How Safe Are We from Killer Asteroids?
Was the Dinosaurs' Long Reign on Earth a Fluke?
Presumed dinosaur flesh may just be bacterial sludge
Tiny tyrannosaurs rewrite evolutionary rules
New feathered dinosaur specimen strengthens dino-bird link
Jurassic Start: Fossil Pushes Tyrannosaurs' Origin Back 10 Million Years
Are Torosaurus and Triceratops one and the same?
Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology
Bye-Bye Birdie: New Look at Archaeopteryx Shows It Was More Dinosaur Than Bird
Duckbilled dinosaurs dined with an unusual bite
Scientists Flesh Out Fossilized Tissues from Mummified Dinosaur
Planetary bombardments, past and future: Third dispatch from the annual planets meeting
Was the Dinosaurs' Long Reign on Earth a Fluke?
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