Topic: Paleontology
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Experts unveil dino, oldest known ancestor of birds
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage that includes birds. The "Haplocheirus sollers" had a long, narrow skull, many small teeth and powerful biceps ...
ISU museum may take on fossil oversight from Idaho
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Energy projects could unearth old animal bones, so Idaho wants to shift oversight to museumBig energy projects awash in federal stimulus cash could accelerate discoveries of woolly mammoths and other ancient creatures in Idaho, so the state wants to put a different agency in charge. Officials have recommended shifting oversight ...
4-legged animals emerged earlier than thought
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Fossil footprints show 4-legged animals conquered land millions of years earlier than thoughtThe water-dwelling ancestors of modern-day mammals, reptiles and birds emerged onto land millions of years earlier than previously believed, researchers reported. A set of fossilized footprints show that the first tetrapods — a term applied to any four-footed animal ...
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