T. rex's Oldest Relative Discovered (LiveScience.com) LiveScience.com - 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. New Dinosaur Built Like a Sherman Tank (LiveScience.com) LiveScience.com - A husband and wife team of paleontologists has discovered a newfound species of armored dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago in what is now Montana. Fossilized skull of sea monster found on UK coast (AP)
Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display (Reuters) Reuters - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum. Primate fossil called only a distant relative (AP)
Scientists ID fossil bones of smallest dinosaur (AP) AP - Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday. New Dino-destroying Theory Fuels Hot Debate (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - The extinction of the dinosaurs has often been traced to a giant space rock impact on the Earth 65 million years ago. But now a scientist is saying experts have blamed the wrong impact. The new thinking was met with sharp criticism from other researchers, however. Huge dinosaur find in China 'may include new species' (AFP)
Scientist: Dinos trampled after death by own kind (AP) AP - A vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were smashed underfoot by other dinosaurs shortly after they died, according to paleontologists. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
AP - British authorities say the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off England's southern coast.
AP - Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports their reaction.
AFP - Paleontologists in east China may have discovered the remains of a new species of dinosaur at what is said to be the world's largest group of fossilised dinosaur bones, state media said Wednesday.
