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One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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'Shark-Toothed' Dinosaur That Competed With T-Rex Lived in Present Uzbekistan 90 Million Years Ago
Researchers have discovered a new dinosaur species — a 'shark-toothed' theropod named Ulughbegsaurus — that is thought to have been the largest carnivorous predator of the time 90 million years ago.
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Mystery Dinosaur To Stay In Basement As New US Museum Opens Next Year
When the new fossil hall at the National Museum of Natural History opens next June, it will show off hundreds of the Smithsonian's finest prehistoric specimens, including the newly acquired star of the Late Cretaceous show, "The Nation's T. rex."
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A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
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Dinosaurs Beheaded At Australian Museum
Three model raptors at Australia's national dinosaur museum have been beheaded by mystery vandals who scaled a fence and removed the parts using an angle grinder or hacksaw, the Australian Capital Territory police said today.
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Mysterious Jurassic Sea Monster Unveiled
Move over, Nessie! A fierce predator - named the Storr Lochs Monster - that lived 170 million years ago has been unveiled for the first time, half a century after it was discovered.
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How Deep-Sea Creatures Survived Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Scientists have solved the mystery behind how deep sea creatures managed to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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Acidic Oceans Implicated in Earth's Worst Mass Extinction
It is one of science's enduring mysteries: what caused the worst mass extinction in Earth's history. And, no, it is not the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Mysterious prehistoric reptiles fly into New York
An international exhibition in New York explores the fascinating world of prehistoric flying reptiles, the pterosaurs who ruled the skies when dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of years ago.
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One Of Palaeontology's Biggest Mysteries Solved - Extinction Of The Giant Ape
Giant creatures are usually associated with dinosaurs, woolly mammoths or mystical beasts. But if you go back though the human lineage youll find a very distant relative that stood three metres tall and weighed around 250 kilograms.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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'Shark-Toothed' Dinosaur That Competed With T-Rex Lived in Present Uzbekistan 90 Million Years Ago
Researchers have discovered a new dinosaur species — a 'shark-toothed' theropod named Ulughbegsaurus — that is thought to have been the largest carnivorous predator of the time 90 million years ago.
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Mystery Dinosaur To Stay In Basement As New US Museum Opens Next Year
When the new fossil hall at the National Museum of Natural History opens next June, it will show off hundreds of the Smithsonian's finest prehistoric specimens, including the newly acquired star of the Late Cretaceous show, "The Nation's T. rex."
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A 66-Million-Year-Old Skull Could Unlock Secrets About Triceratops
There's more excitement than usual at Marco's Pizza in Thornton, Colorado, since news spread Tuesday that a rare dinosaur fossil was unearthed at a construction site up the street.
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Dinosaurs Beheaded At Australian Museum
Three model raptors at Australia's national dinosaur museum have been beheaded by mystery vandals who scaled a fence and removed the parts using an angle grinder or hacksaw, the Australian Capital Territory police said today.
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Mysterious Jurassic Sea Monster Unveiled
Move over, Nessie! A fierce predator - named the Storr Lochs Monster - that lived 170 million years ago has been unveiled for the first time, half a century after it was discovered.
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How Deep-Sea Creatures Survived Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Scientists have solved the mystery behind how deep sea creatures managed to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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Acidic Oceans Implicated in Earth's Worst Mass Extinction
It is one of science's enduring mysteries: what caused the worst mass extinction in Earth's history. And, no, it is not the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
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Mysterious prehistoric reptiles fly into New York
An international exhibition in New York explores the fascinating world of prehistoric flying reptiles, the pterosaurs who ruled the skies when dinosaurs ruled the earth millions of years ago.
