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A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continent
44+ min ago (355+ words) The biggest scientific breakthroughs can come from the most mundane places. A forgotten fossil that sat in a collection drawer for around 40 years is now providing a rare glimpse at the dinosaurs that roamed what is now Antarctica'and which paths…...
Pompeii find reveals plants flourished before dinosaur extinction | Nation | griffonnews. com
22+ min ago (950+ words) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out, say American scientists. They…...
Unusual discovery: A boy finds a 1. 8-million-year-old elephant tooth the size of a fist on a beach
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (327+ words) The fossil was found in Suffolk, England. An 11-year-old boy made an extraordinary discovery during a beach walk in England when he found a fossilized elephant tooth believed to be 1. 8 million years old. Charlie Orchard-Lisle was walking with his family…...
Antarctica Dinosaur | Ap | rutlandherald. com
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (40+ words) Antarctica Dinosaur Rutland Herald This image provided by the Natural History Museum shows a fossil found in Antarctica that belongs to a group of dinosaurs called titanosaurs. A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer...
Pompeii find reveals plants flourished before dinosaur extinction
39+ min ago (950+ words) The discovery of a "botanical Pompeii" has rewritten a long-held theory that flowering plants only flourished after the dinosaurs. The "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out, say American scientists. They…...
Giant rhino fossils shed light on the biggest land mammals in history
11+ hour, 14+ min ago (268+ words) A newly discovered species of gigantic rhino that used to roam Asia around 25 million years ago was detailed by scientists in a paper published in Nature Thursday. With a name that just rolls right off the tongue, the newly minted…...
Antarctica Dinosaur | National | guardonline. com
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (155+ words) Antarctica Dinosaur The Batesville Daily Guard This image provided by the Natural History Museum shows a fossil found in Antarctica that belongs to a group of dinosaurs called titanosaurs. A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in…...
Cursed Anomalocaris cake | Paleontology
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Character Studies: Maddie Jennette, N. C. State's Resident Explorer
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (669+ words) Character Studies'is an'INDY'series about familiar faces around the Triangle'and the stories you may not know about them. Maddie Jennette was walking through Gardner Hall at North Carolina State University (NCSU) when she noticed a collection of student projects enclosed within…...
Westfield Residents Invited to Unearth a Story This Summer at the Library
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