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Teen Unearths 5-Million-Year-Old Walrus Skull, Gets New Species Named After Him
In 2011, a 13-year-old fossil enthusiast discovered a walrus skull in northern California. Eleven years later, a paleontologist named the extinct species after him.
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Paleontologists Discover New Species Of Crocodiles That Laid Thickest Eggs Ever: Report
Paleontologists from the University of Zaragoza, in Spain, have found a new species of crocodile, which coexisted with the last dinosaurs from the past and laid the thickest eggs ever known.
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36-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil Found In Peruvian Desert
Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert.
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilised Egg in Rare Discovery
Paleontologists have found a never-seen-before fossil of a complete baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg. The fossil showed the remarkable similarities between theropod dinosaurs and the birds they would evolve into, according to a new study.
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Dinosaur Tail Found In Chile Could Point To Discovery Of New Species
Chilean paleontologists on Wednesday presented their findings on a dinosaur discovered three years ago in Patagonia which they said had a highly unusual tail that has stumped researchers.
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"Big John", World's Biggest Triceratops, Sells For 6.65 Million Euros
The fossilised remains of 'Big John', the largest triceratops dinosaur ever discovered by paleontologists, sold for 5.5 million euros ($6.40 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday.
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Recreating Dinosaurs From DNA: Here Is What Scientists Think About Jurassic Park
Scientists say that it is nearly impossible to recreate dinosaurs because even DNA disintegrates after 7 million years while dinosaurs have been extinct for nearly 65 million years.
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73-Million-Year-Old "Talkative" Dinosaur Species Found In Mexico
Paleontologists identified a new species of dinosaur after a specimen from about 73 million years ago was found in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Thursday.
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Fossil Of 2 Million Year Old Frog Found In Argentina
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
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Dwarf Tyrannosaurus-Rex Dinosaurs Probably Did Not Exist: Study
For three decades, paleontologists the world over have been split over a provocative finding: did a dwarf species of Tyrannosaurus rex really once exist?
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"Human-Sized" Penguin Fossil Found In New Zealand
Paleontologists in New Zealand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a previously-unknown species of prehistoric giant penguin that waddled around the country between 66 and 56 million years ago.
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Four-Legged Prehistoric Whale Fossil Found In Peru
Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibious ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals' transition from land to the ocean.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex Found In Canada In 1991 Is World's Biggest
This was discovered in 1991 and the paleontologists spent more than a decade just removing the sandstone covered it's bones. There will be an exhibit featuring the dinosaur's bones in May at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
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Dinosaurs, Fossils And Experts Studying Them Have Waited For End To US Shutdown
The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.
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Fossils Indicate Rajasthan's Desert Was Underwater 47 Million Years Ago
In the deserts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, paleontologists have stumbled upon nearly 47 million-year-old fossils of primitive whale, shark teeth, crocodilian teeth and turtle bones, which according to experts suggest that the area was under sea in the pre-historic age.
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Teen Unearths 5-Million-Year-Old Walrus Skull, Gets New Species Named After Him
In 2011, a 13-year-old fossil enthusiast discovered a walrus skull in northern California. Eleven years later, a paleontologist named the extinct species after him.
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Paleontologists Discover New Species Of Crocodiles That Laid Thickest Eggs Ever: Report
Paleontologists from the University of Zaragoza, in Spain, have found a new species of crocodile, which coexisted with the last dinosaurs from the past and laid the thickest eggs ever known.
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36-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil Found In Peruvian Desert
Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert.
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Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilised Egg in Rare Discovery
Paleontologists have found a never-seen-before fossil of a complete baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg. The fossil showed the remarkable similarities between theropod dinosaurs and the birds they would evolve into, according to a new study.
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Dinosaur Tail Found In Chile Could Point To Discovery Of New Species
Chilean paleontologists on Wednesday presented their findings on a dinosaur discovered three years ago in Patagonia which they said had a highly unusual tail that has stumped researchers.
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"Big John", World's Biggest Triceratops, Sells For 6.65 Million Euros
The fossilised remains of 'Big John', the largest triceratops dinosaur ever discovered by paleontologists, sold for 5.5 million euros ($6.40 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday.
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Recreating Dinosaurs From DNA: Here Is What Scientists Think About Jurassic Park
Scientists say that it is nearly impossible to recreate dinosaurs because even DNA disintegrates after 7 million years while dinosaurs have been extinct for nearly 65 million years.
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73-Million-Year-Old "Talkative" Dinosaur Species Found In Mexico
Paleontologists identified a new species of dinosaur after a specimen from about 73 million years ago was found in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Thursday.
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Fossil Of 2 Million Year Old Frog Found In Argentina
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
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Dwarf Tyrannosaurus-Rex Dinosaurs Probably Did Not Exist: Study
For three decades, paleontologists the world over have been split over a provocative finding: did a dwarf species of Tyrannosaurus rex really once exist?
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"Human-Sized" Penguin Fossil Found In New Zealand
Paleontologists in New Zealand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a previously-unknown species of prehistoric giant penguin that waddled around the country between 66 and 56 million years ago.
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Four-Legged Prehistoric Whale Fossil Found In Peru
Paleontologists have found a well-preserved fossil of a four-legged amphibious ancestor of whales, a discovery that sheds new light on the mammals' transition from land to the ocean.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex Found In Canada In 1991 Is World's Biggest
This was discovered in 1991 and the paleontologists spent more than a decade just removing the sandstone covered it's bones. There will be an exhibit featuring the dinosaur's bones in May at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
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Dinosaurs, Fossils And Experts Studying Them Have Waited For End To US Shutdown
The government shutdown managed to shut even dinosaurs down - and no temporary reopening will undo the damage, scientists warn.
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Fossils Indicate Rajasthan's Desert Was Underwater 47 Million Years Ago
In the deserts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, paleontologists have stumbled upon nearly 47 million-year-old fossils of primitive whale, shark teeth, crocodilian teeth and turtle bones, which according to experts suggest that the area was under sea in the pre-historic age.
