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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus Fossil To Be Put On Auction, $4-6 Million Anticipated
The Stegosaurus, recognisable for its distinct double row of large, kite-shaped plates along its back plates and spiked tail, roamed the Earth as a herbivorous dinosaur in the Late Jurassic period, around 155-150 million years ago.
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Fossil Of Unique Flying Reptile From Middle Jurassic Period Discovered On Scottish Island
This pterosaur, named Ceoptera, lived approximately 168-166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period.
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Importance Of Dolly: Diseased Dinosaur, 60 Feet Long, Weight 5 Tons
In a warm and humid Jurassic Period landscape lush with plant and animal life in what is now southwest Montana, an adolescent long-necked dinosaur was miserably sick with flu and pneumonia-like symptoms.
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Fossil Footprints Show Dinosaurs Braved South Africa's Land Of Lava
About 183 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic Period, enormous amounts of lava flowed across the landscape in what is now South Africa, transforming the environment into a land of fire.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
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Terrifying Ancient Crocodile Discovered In The Sahara Was The Size Of A Bus
Paleontologists searching far and wide in Tunisia made a discovery of massive proportions: the world's largest sea-dwelling crocodile, previously unknown to science.
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Volcanic Event Caused Ice Age During Jurassic Period
A large-scale volcanic event during the Jurassic Period may have caused the 'ice-age' that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago, a new study has found.
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New Species Of 'Horned' Dinosaur Discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of 'horned' plant-eating dinosaur in China, suggesting the Jurassic period may have had more species diversity than previously thought.
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Watch Your Mouth - Allosaurus Had Monstrously Gaping Jaws
You might call the Jurassic Period meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus the ultimate big mouth.
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Five-Year-Old Discovers Rare Dinosaur Fossil From Jurassic Period
Last September, when five-year-old Wylie Brys set out on a leisurely expedition with his dad to find fish vertebrae, little did he know that he'll discover a 100 million-year-old dinosaur fossil.
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Mary Anning's 215th Birthday Marked by a Google Doodle
19th century fossil collector Mary Anning, from Britain, helped revolutionise the field of palaeontology.
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Dorset's Fossil Forest: A Jurassic Landscape Preserved by Microbial Fossilisation
The Fossil Forest in Dorset, England, preserves tree stumps from the late Jurassic period through unique microbial fossilisation. Found along the Jurassic Coast, these remains showcase the ancient Protocupressinoxylon cypress species and offer insight into prehistoric ecosystems. Rising sea levels submerged the forest, but microbes encased the root...
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150-Million-Year-Old Stegosaurus Fossil To Be Put On Auction, $4-6 Million Anticipated
The Stegosaurus, recognisable for its distinct double row of large, kite-shaped plates along its back plates and spiked tail, roamed the Earth as a herbivorous dinosaur in the Late Jurassic period, around 155-150 million years ago.
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Fossil Of Unique Flying Reptile From Middle Jurassic Period Discovered On Scottish Island
This pterosaur, named Ceoptera, lived approximately 168-166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period.
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Importance Of Dolly: Diseased Dinosaur, 60 Feet Long, Weight 5 Tons
In a warm and humid Jurassic Period landscape lush with plant and animal life in what is now southwest Montana, an adolescent long-necked dinosaur was miserably sick with flu and pneumonia-like symptoms.
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Fossil Footprints Show Dinosaurs Braved South Africa's Land Of Lava
About 183 million years ago during the early part of the Jurassic Period, enormous amounts of lava flowed across the landscape in what is now South Africa, transforming the environment into a land of fire.
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Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $3 Million For 2 Dinosaur Skeletons
Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects -- one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus -- sold for more than 1.4 million euros ($1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday. The two dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago.
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Terrifying Ancient Crocodile Discovered In The Sahara Was The Size Of A Bus
Paleontologists searching far and wide in Tunisia made a discovery of massive proportions: the world's largest sea-dwelling crocodile, previously unknown to science.
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Volcanic Event Caused Ice Age During Jurassic Period
A large-scale volcanic event during the Jurassic Period may have caused the 'ice-age' that took place on Earth around 170 million years ago, a new study has found.
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New Species Of 'Horned' Dinosaur Discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of 'horned' plant-eating dinosaur in China, suggesting the Jurassic period may have had more species diversity than previously thought.
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Watch Your Mouth - Allosaurus Had Monstrously Gaping Jaws
You might call the Jurassic Period meat-eating dinosaur Allosaurus the ultimate big mouth.
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Five-Year-Old Discovers Rare Dinosaur Fossil From Jurassic Period
Last September, when five-year-old Wylie Brys set out on a leisurely expedition with his dad to find fish vertebrae, little did he know that he'll discover a 100 million-year-old dinosaur fossil.
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Mary Anning's 215th Birthday Marked by a Google Doodle
19th century fossil collector Mary Anning, from Britain, helped revolutionise the field of palaeontology.
