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• Study suggests dinosaurs were warm-blooded and nimble

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  A new study of their skeletons suggests dinosaurs like T rex were nimble, warm-blooded creatures Tyrannosaurus rex was an athletic, warm-blooded animal that jogged rather than lumbered around its territory, according to a new study. Researchers led by Herman Pontzer at the University of Washington, St Louis, ...
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• Help with point??

  
  Treasure Quest Metal Detecting Forum — Authority: 163
  Hello all, As you know I am new to this point hunting etc. The last couple times I have been out I found a couple interesting things. The first trip was this little guy. From the amount of research I believe it is a Dalton/Bird Point?? I was wondering if anyone could give me an estimate on age? I found this one ...
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• Insect Pollination Before Angiosperms

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 429
  A Probable Pollination Mode Before Angiosperms: Eurasian, Long-Proboscid Scorpionflies 1. Dong Ren (a) 2. Conrad C. Labandeira (b,c,*) 3. Jorge A. Santiago-Blay (b,d) 4. Alexandr Rasnitsyn (e,f) 5. ChungKun Shih (a) 6. Alexei Bashkuev (e) 7. M. Amelia V. Logan (g) 8. Carol L. Hotton (b,h) 9. David Dilcher ...
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• Save 15% @ PlumandSage.com

  
  ...Anything Indie — Authority: 121
  www.plumandsage.com {I took this picture of some of my fossils that I have in stock that will eventually be made into jewelry} Coupon expires Nov 30th.
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• Found Fossils, Dinosaurs and the History of Extinction

  
  History Blog — Authority: 120
  Though the term “fossil” – a derivation of the Latin word for “dug up” — was first used in 16th century France, the petrified impressions of centuries old flora and fauna — including some of what later come to be known as dinosaurs — have been known to man, though wholly misunderstood, since the dawn ...
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• Tiny Tails Wagging Gigantic Dogs

  
  Science and the Sacred — Authority: 537
  In my last blog post I addressed some questions of logic that had been raised on a popular anti-evolutionary blog, and how scientific arguments are often caricatured to make them appear to be committing logical fallacies. In this post, I...
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• Hotbox at The Levi’s®/FADER Fort: Beach Fossils

  
  The Tripwire — Authority: 593
  Once upon a time, three dashing young lads waved their respective mini-guitars twice over a bathtub full of Budweiser and ice. The ice melted into sand and the beer bottles became tall palm trees. The boys then hopped on their guitars-turned-surfboards and rode the daydream wave they had just created without even a ...
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• Australian Age Of Dinosaurs website, as mentioned on air ... (link)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 812
  Australian Age of Dinosaurs Ltd is a western Queensland based, non-profit organisation to encourage, promote and facilitate the discovery, preservation and display of fossil material
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• 10:55 - Dinosaur-led tourism brings the Central Queensland outback to life ... (audio)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 812
  Anna Hipsley gets the lowdown from palaeontologist Scott Hucknall
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• Basal Therian Mammal Discovered in France

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 429
  The oldest modern therian mammal from Europe and its bearing on stem marsupial paleobiogeography 1. Romain Vullo (a,b,1) 2. Emmanuel Gheerbrant (c) 3. Christian de Muizon (c) 4. Didier Néraudeau (b) a. Unidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Calle Darwin, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ...
  4 days ago

• Hotbox at The Levi’s®/FADER Fort: Beach Fossils

  
  The Tripwire — Authority: 593
  Once upon a time, three dashing young lads waved their respective mini-guitars twice over a bathtub full of Budweiser and ice. The ice melted into sand and the beer bottles became tall palm trees. The boys then hopped on their guitars-turned-surfboards and rode the daydream wave they had just created without even a ...
  4 days ago

• Muscle Extracted from 18 MYO Salamander Fossil

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 429
  The scientists claim that their discovery is unequivocal evidence that high-fidelity organic preservation of extremely decay prone soft tissues is more common in the fossil record - the only physical record of the history of life on earth. Previous examples of soft tissues fossilised in this way have been limited to ...
  5 days ago

• Re: Fossil ?

  
  TreasureNet Forum — Authority: 189
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• Find Fun Fossils at Dino Days 2009! This Saturday

  
  BEYONDbones — Authority: 125
  Join us Saturday, Nov. 7 for HMNS Dino Days , a family paleo festival that features fossil related activities and arts and crafts. Museum paleontologist Robert “Bob” Bakker will be on hand to answer any of your dinosaur questions. This is a great chance for enthusiasts of all ages to come learn and discuss ...
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• Oldest Known Tyrannosaur Relative Rediscovered

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 736
  It pays to dig deeply into museum collections, as this release from Ludwig-Maximilians University proves: A long forgotten fossil skull in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London has now provided crucial clues to the early stages of ...
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• Oldest Known Tyrannosaur Relative Rediscovered

  
  Discovery News: Born Animal — Authority: 530
  It pays to dig deeply into museum collections, as this release from Ludwig-Maximilians University proves: A long forgotten fossil skull in the collections of the NaturalHistory Museum in London has now provided crucial clues to the earlystages of the lengthy evolutionary history of Tyrannosaurus rex andrelated large ...
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• Proceratosaurus...Tyrannosaur?

  
  The Dragon's Tales — Authority: 429
  Spanning just 10 feet in length and sporting a tiny horn on its nose, a newly identified dinosaur has become the oldest known relative of the fierce meat-eater, Tyrannosaurus rex. The discovery suggests such tyrannosaurs were quite petite before they evolved into giant killing machines just before their demise. The ...
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• Preteen T. Rex was a Fighter

  
  Geology News — Authority: 531
  Marks on a Tyrannosaurus rex skull indicate that the creature may have been fighting with its peers. The young dinosaur, “Jane”, was apparently bitten on the snout, causing the bones to heal asymmetrically.
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• Tales from Te Papa: Iguanodon tooth

  
  Te Papa's Blog — Authority: 116
  In 1825, Gideon Mantell described fossil teeth and bones from a quarry near Cuckfield in Sussex, England. He named these remains ‘Iguanodon’ meaning ‘having teeth like those of an Iguana’ (a lizard), but he correctly determined that they were quite unlike the teeth of any known lizard or mammal.He is credited ...
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• The Ape that took over the World

  
  Hoxful Monsters — Authority: 119
  This is a discovery that contributes to our understanding of how distant human relatives evolved. Announced in 2001, the fossil skull was described as Kenyanthropus platyops – Flat Face Man of Kenya.
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