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Fossils of Previously Unknown Dinosaur Discovered
Researchers have found the fossils of a previously unknown dinosaur—named the Jakapil kaniukura—in the La Buitrera palaeontological zone in Patagonia’s Río Negro province. The dinosaur existed during the Cretaceous period (between 145.5 …
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Prehistoric Reptile Fossils Suggest How The Loch Ness Monster Might Have Existed
The fossils of a plesiosaur (a marine reptile with a long neck and four long flippers, that existed in the Mesozoic era) found in a 100-million-year-old riverbed in Morocco’s Sahara Desert contribute …
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Massive Species that Resembles a Floppy-Eared Hound Discovered in Burgess Shale
With fossils dating back 500 million years ago, the well-preserved Burgess Shale in British Columbia is home to increasingly unlocked mysteries of the Cambrian Period, the era in which many of Earth’s …
Via cnn.com
Researchers Uncover a Fragment of the Asteroid That May Have Killed Off Dinosaurs
Paleontologists discovered a tiny fragment that may have been from the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, as revealed in a new documentary Dinosaur Apocalypse. Found …
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Fossil Dated to The Very Day of Dinosaur Extinction
In a discovery described as “absolutely bonkers” by Phillip Manning, professor of natural history at the University of Manchester, scientists have found a leg belonging to a thescelosaurus that died on the …
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Remains of World’s Largest Pterosaur Discovered in Scotland
The earliest animal known to have the ability to fly is the pterosaur. It was commonly believed that during the Jurassic era these reptiles were small in stature but with a wingspan …
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