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Jul 17

Velociraptor cousin looked like ‘big fluffy bird from hell’

By Justin Scuiletti

This summer’s blockbuster “Jurassic World” ruffled the feathers of many a paleontologist when the movie’s depiction of several dinosaurs, namely the ferocious Velociraptor, lacked, well, feathers.

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Mar 20

Newly-discovered bipedal crocodile ancestor terrorized pre-dinosaur world

By Justin Scuiletti

Before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the region we now know as North Carolina was ruled by a fearsome, bipedal, 9-foot-long crocodile ancestor known as Carnufex carolinensis, or the "Carolina Butcher."…

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Jan 12

Re-examined fossils reveal motorboat-sized marine reptile once swam in Scotland’s seas

By Lorna Baldwin

No, it's not the mythical Loch Ness monster, but 170 million years ago Dearcmhara shawcrossi prowled the warm coastal waters of Scotland in pursuit of fish and other reptiles. Scientists announced the discovery of the previously unknown prehistoric marine reptile in…

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Jul 16

First steps of a baby Stegosaurus, captured in 3-D

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

A baby stegosaurus' first steps 150 million years ago can now be modeled in 3D with a few clicks on a camera phone. The technology makes studying dinosaur footprints cheap and easy.

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Jul 09

Walk this way: Scientists recreate 410 million-year-old spider crawl

By Justin Scuiletti

Fossil records have allowed scientists to unlock a 410 million-year-old secret: the way an ancient arachnid crawled around.

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Jun 16

Dinosaurs were neither cold-blooded nor warm-blooded, study says

By Justin Scuiletti

New research published Friday by the University of New Mexico postulates that dinosaurs were not cold-blooded creatures as previously believed, yet not warm-blooded like mammals either. Instead, the study claims that dinosaurs were mesothermic -- an intermediate stage…

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Aug 14

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Scientists Find Stone Age Burial Ground From Once-green Sahara

A team of paleontologists inadvertently discovered the remains of a Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert, revealing clues about the lives of the hunter-gatherers who lived in the once-temperate region. A lead researcher details the finds.

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Feb 21

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Pittsburgh Museum Reinvents Model of Dinosaur Exhibit

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh renovated its dinosaur exhibit to provide a more realistic picture of how dinosaurs lived and interacted with one another more than 100 million years ago.

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