Friday, June 03, 2005

T-Rex Like a Big Bird

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Tissue found inside a nearly 70 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex femur strengthens the theory that today's birds are direct descendants from the dinosaurs, according to a study in the journal Science..........

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Thursday, June 02, 2005

The First Sauropod Skulls

SALT LAKE CITY -- The first known North American skulls of Cretaceous era sauropods -- big dinosaurs with little heads -- have been uncovered in recent years by Brigham Young University and Dinosaur National Monument researchers. About a dozen sauropod skulls are known from the earlier Jurassic era, but these are the first in North America for the Cretaceous, the final 80 million years of the dinosaur period..........

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