Prehistoric
Beaver Pond Unearthed
"This deposit contains direct evidence of the composition of an
Early Pliocene arctic mammalian fauna during an active period of
interchange between Asia and North America," they wrote in
Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. [more]
New
Dinosaur Reported From Chile
A new species of titanosaur has been assembled from fossil bones
uncovered in Chile. Titanosaurs were a group of long- necked, long-
tailed plant-eating dinosaurs which lived during the Cretaceaous
period. If confirmed, the new find would be the first ever unique
species of dinosaur found in Chile. [more]
Impact
A just released high- resolution map from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission reveals a relatively obscure feature, all but hidden
in the flat limestone plateau of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
The impact crater known as Chicxulub (Chik-sah-loob) was
responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs and more than 70
percent of Earth's living species 65 million years ago. Now
NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission has provided the most
telling visible evidence to date of a 112 mile wide, 3,000
foot deep impact crater, the result of a collision with a
giant comet or asteroid. [more]
Huge
dinosaur Find in British Columbia
"Paleontologists say they've found dinosaur bones in British
Columbia that date back almost 100 million years. The bones could be
the oldest ever found in Western Canada, they say." [source]
Microraptor
gui:
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
With every newly discovered feathered
dinosaur fossil, paleontologists are revealing the apparent dearth
of superlatives in the English language. So maybe it's surprising
that the latest "greatest" is called Microraptor: a name
befitting the size-but not the importance-of this wonderful
animal. [more]
Dinosaurs
in Decline
New fossil evidences suggest dinosaurs were feeling a
climatological crunch in the years leading up to their demise. The
research suggests dinosaurs were weakened by changes in global
environments and climates making the famed asteroid impact at the
end of the Cretaceous period more of a final blow than a knockout
punch. [more]
Second
Half of Chimera Fossil Revealed: A Fish-Eating Bird
The "Archaeoraptor" fossil, which was first hailed as
a missing link in evolutionary history and then revealed as a forgery, is mostly a
fish-eating bird. [more]
Woolly
Rhino Skeletons From England
Gary Coates, a University of Birmingham archaeologist, said,
"I've been working at Whitemoor Haye Quarry for five years and
have excavated everything from prehistoric burial grounds to Roman
farmsteads, but this find was totally unexpected. It's the biggest
find - in all senses of the word - I've ever been involved
with." [MORE]
Rare
Mummified Dinosaur Skeleton Found in Montana
A young fossilized hadrosaur has been unearthed and
recently studied. The duck-billed dinosaur was uniquely preserved:
before the carcass could rot away, it mummified. This left skin and
other tissues to be later fossilized- a very rare occurrence. [more]
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