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A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil lower jaw are seen in an image courtesy of National Geographic. PancakeCroc was a fish eater with a 3-foot-long, pancake-flat skull. It likely rested motionless for hours, its open jaws waiting for prey. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic/Handout

Travelers (L-R) Sheila James, Sharon Walker and Rosa Washington ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:50 GMT

(Reuters) - Travelers (L-R) Sheila James, Sharon Walker and Rosa Washington sit under a dinosaur after their flight to St. Louis was delayed by several hours at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2009. A problem with a flight-processing system disrupted U.S. air travel for several hours on Thursday but was later fixed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT SCI TECH)

A woman inspects a crocodile display in 2001 in Mexico. The ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:51 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman inspects a crocodile display in 2001 in Mexico. The fossils of five hitherto unknown bizarre-looking crocodiles which roamed the world 100 million years ago have been unearthed in the Sahara desert, US scientists revealed Thursday.(AFP/File/Jorge Uzon)

This undated photo released by National Geographic shows University ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:57 GMT

(AP) - This undated photo released by National Geographic shows University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno, left, and McGill University Associate Professor Hans Larsson excavating the fossil skull of a 100-million-year-old croc in Niger. The animal, which they nicknamed BoarCroc, was one of several crocs that inhabited a lost world now buried in the sands of the Sahara. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mike Hettwer)

In this image released by National Geographic, National Geographic ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:17:39 GMT

(AP) - In this image released by National Geographic, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno, enveloped by the jaws of SuperCroc, holds the fossil head of DogCroc. DogCroc, along with four other newly described crocs, lived in the Sahara when the 8-ton SuperCroc did, at a time when dinosaurs ruled. (AP Photo/National Geographic, Mike Hettwer)

University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno (L) and McGill University ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:42:10 GMT

(Reuters) - University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno (L) and McGill University Associate Professor Hans Larsson excavate the fossil skull of a 100-million-year-old croc in Niger in this undated National Geographic photograph released to Reuters on November 19, 2009. The animal, which they nicknamed BoarCroc, was one of several crocs that inhabited a lost world now buried in the sands of the Sahara. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer/National Geographic/Handout (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) IMAGES ARE FOR YOUR ONE-TIME EXCLUSIVE USE ONLY AS A TIE-IN WITH THE 'CROCS' ANNOUNCEMENT. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Vertebral fossils from the Cretaceous period are displayed in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Vertebral fossils from the Cretaceous period are displayed in front of a map of South America at Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, November 18, 2009. Police on Wednesday announced that they seized 300, 000 euros ($448, 860) worth of fossils from an Argentinian man who tried to sell them to museums and collectors in Europe. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA CRIME LAW ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

An "Ostrea Patagonica" Oligocene-Mocen fossil is displayed ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:11:43 GMT

(Reuters) - An "Ostrea Patagonica" Oligocene-Mocen fossil is displayed at the Interpol headquarters, as a plainclothes policeman stands in the back, in Buenos Aires, November 18, 2009. Police on Wednesday announced that they seized 300,000 Euros ($448, 860) worth of fossils from an Argentinian man who tried to sell them to museums and collectors in Europe. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA CRIME LAW ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

A handout photo taken by Japanese researchers of Aquamarine ...

(AFP/AQUAMARINE FUKUSHIMA/File) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:39:15 GMT

(AFP/AQUAMARINE FUKUSHIMA/File) - A handout photo taken by Japanese researchers of Aquamarine Fukushima aquarium in October shows a juvenile coelacanth. Japanese marine researchers have said they found and successfully filmed a young coelacanth -- a rare type of fish known as "a living fossil" -- in deep water off Indonesia.(AFP/AQUAMARINE FUKUSHIMA/File/Ho)

FILE - In this Thursday, May 13, 2004 picture, fifth graders ...

(AP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:28:26 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Thursday, May 13, 2004 picture, fifth graders from the Laurel Highlands School district peer through the glass surrounding the PaleoLab at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History as Norm Wuerthele, right, and Alan Tabrum work on 'Samson' after the unveiling of the dinosaur head in the Pittsburgh museum. The specimen, considered by experts to be the most complete skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex ever discovered, will be on display as scientists work on removing the embedded bone from the dirt and rock. On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 an auctioneer said a the fossil that failed to sell at auction in Las Vegas last month has been bought by a private buyer who intends to have it displayed in a museum. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:11:46 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this file film publicity image released by 20th Century Fox, a pregnant Ellie, the mammoth, is tended to by her possums, Crash and Eddie, in a scene from, 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.' A record 20 films have been submitted for best animated feature at the Academy Awards. As long as at least 16 films qualify, there will be five nominees in the feature-length animation category. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)

Graphic released by Australian paleontologist Adam Yates, based ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:28 GMT

(AP) - Graphic released by Australian paleontologist Adam Yates, based at the University of the Witwatersrand, on Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa, shows a newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago which may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land. Fossils, marked on the outline, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Adam Yates, HO)

South African palaeontologist Adam Yates announces the discovery ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:28 GMT

(Reuters) - South African palaeontologist Adam Yates announces the discovery of a new species of dinosaur during a news conference in Johannesburg November 11 ,2009. Yates, a palaeontologist at Johannesburg's Wits University, said the seven-metre-long Aardonyx Celestae occupied a "very significant position in the family tree of dinosaurs". REUTERS/Stringer

South African palaeontologist Adam Yates attends a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:38:48 GMT

(Reuters) - South African palaeontologist Adam Yates attends a news conference in Johannesburg November 11 ,2009. A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the evolution of the largest creatures ever to walk the earth, Yates said on Wednesday. Yates, a palaeontologist at Johannesburg's Wits University, said the seven-metre-long Aardonyx Celestae occupied a "very significant position in the family tree of dinosaurs". REUTERS/Stringer (SOUTH AFRICA ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

Bones of the 'Aardonyx Celestae', a newly discovered ...

(AFP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:50 GMT

(AFP) - Bones of the 'Aardonyx Celestae', a newly discovered fossil skeleton are pictured in Johannesburg. The new species of dinosaur that roamed the Earth 197 million years ago, likely an ancestor of the enormous brontosaurus, has been discovered in South Africa, scientists said.(AFP/Alexander Joe)

Paleontologist Adam Yates , second left, displays fossilized ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:22 GMT

(AP) - Paleontologist Adam Yates , second left, displays fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx Celestae, from the early Jurassic period (about 200 million years old) during an announcement of the discovery at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The fossils, displayed on the table, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

A cameraman and photographer record images of fossilized bones ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:07:36 GMT

(AP) - A cameraman and photographer record images of fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx Celestae, from the early Jurassic period (about 200 million years old) during an announcement of the discovery at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The fossils, displayed on the table, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Paleontologist Adam Yates describes the find of fossilized ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:05:35 GMT

(AP) - Paleontologist Adam Yates describes the find of fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx Celestae, from the early Jurassic period (about 200 million years old) during an announcement of the discovery at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The fossils were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Paleontologist Adam Yates describes the find of fossilized ...

(AP) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:02:53 GMT

(AP) - Paleontologist Adam Yates describes the find of fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species, Aardonyx Celestae, from the early Jurassic period (about 200 million years old) during an announcement of the discovery at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The fossils, displayed on the table, were found in the town of Senekal, near Bethlehem in the Northern Free State, in South Africa. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

An artist's impression of a sauropod. 70 million-year-old ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - An artist's impression of a sauropod. 70 million-year-old footprints have been found in six locations in the Nelson region of New Zealand, the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the country's South Island. It is believed that the footprints belonged to sauropods -- plant-eating dinosaurs which were among the largest animals to have lived.(AFP/HO/File)

Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old ...

(AFP/HO) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT

(AFP/HO) - Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old footprints found in various locations in the Nelson region. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in New Zealand although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been found in two North Island locations. Browne, a sedimentologist, believes the footprints belonged to sauropods -- plant-eating dinosaurs.(AFP/HO)

Skeleton of a dinosaur is pictured on display at a Tokyo museum. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:08 GMT

(AFP) - Skeleton of a dinosaur is pictured on display at a Tokyo museum. 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. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in the country although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been discovered in two North Island locations.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)

The new tyrannosaur Alioramus altai is shown in a scientifically ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:24:24 GMT

(AP) - The new tyrannosaur Alioramus altai is shown in a scientifically reconstructed scene by Jason Brougham. A Kenosha, Wis. man is introducing the world to a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, 66 million years removed. Thomas Carr, a paleontologist who teaches at Carthage College, helped identify an entirely new species with the same lineage as T-rex, the poster child of dinosaurs. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Jason Brougham)

This is a skeletal reconstruction of the new tyrannosaur Alioramus ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:23:01 GMT

(AP) - This is a skeletal reconstruction of the new tyrannosaur Alioramus altai by Frank Ipolitto. There are eight horns shown on this skeletal reconstruction. A Kenosha, Wis. man is introducing the world to a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, 66 million years removed. Thomas Carr, a paleontologist who teaches at Carthage College, helped identify an entirely new species with the same lineage as T-rex, the poster child of dinosaurs. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Frank Ipolitto)

This is a skeletal reconstruction of the new tyrannosaur Alioramus ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:12:47 GMT

(AP) - This is a skeletal reconstruction of the new tyrannosaur Alioramus altai by Frank Ipolitto. A Kenosha, Wis. man is introducing the world to a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, 66 million years removed. Thomas Carr, a paleontologist who teaches at Carthage College, helped identify an entirely new species with the same lineage as T-rex, the poster child of dinosaurs. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Frank Ipolitto)

A woman investigates a piece of rock containing remains of Thecodontosaurus ...

(Bristol University) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:13:15 GMT

(Bristol University) - A woman investigates a piece of rock containing remains of Thecodontosaurus antiquus. The country's oldest dinosaur, which has been buried in rock since it roamed the Triassic landscape over 200 million years ago, is to be excavated, researchers said.(Bristol University/Simon Powell)

A specimen of the 'Archeopteryx simensii' is unpacked by an ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:09:02 GMT

(AP) - A specimen of the 'Archeopteryx simensii' is unpacked by an employee at the 46th international trade fair for minerals, fossils, precious stones and jewelry in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Six of the world's ten existing originals of the Archaeopteryx will be on display in Munich - the value of each one of the rare fossils is in the millions of euro. The trade fair lasts from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)

A specimen of the 'Archeopteryx simensii' is displayed at the ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:08:42 GMT

(AP) - A specimen of the 'Archeopteryx simensii' is displayed at the 46th international trade fair for minerals, fossils, precious stones and jewelry in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Six of the world's ten existing originals of the Archaeopteryx will be on display in Munich - the value of each one of the rare fossils is in the millions of euro. The trade fair lasts from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein)

A general view at the celebration of the Ice Age: Dawn of the ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:57:52 GMT

(AP) - A general view at the celebration of the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray Disc and DVD release as a Guinness World Record is broken with the official unveiling of the World's Tallest Ice Sculpture, a 48' 8'' 'Scrat' made entirely of ice at ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, in Santa Monica, California. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for FHE)

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(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:15:07 GMT

(AP) - COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for FHE; A general view at the celebration of the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray Disc and DVD release as a Guinness World Record is broken with the official unveiling of the World's Tallest Ice Sculpture, a 48' 8'' 'Scrat' made entirely of ice at ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27 2009, in Santa Monica, California. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for FHE)

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(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:14:47 GMT

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(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:14:09 GMT

(AP) - COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for FHE; Marc Entin, Owner of ICE BULB, LLC., Simon Swart, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fox Home Entertainment, Danny Girton Junior, Guinness World Records Adjudicator, Mary Daily, Executive Vice President of Marketing Fox Home Entertainment, Scrat, and Peter Slavin, Professional Ice Sculptor, at the celebration of the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray Disc and DVD release as a Guinness World Record is broken with the official unveiling of the World's Tallest Ice Sculpture, a 48' 8'' 'Scrat' made entirely of ice at ICE at Santa Monica on Tuesday, October 27 2009, in Santa Monica, California. (Casey Rodgers / AP Images for FHE)

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(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:58 GMT

Chinese scientist Lu Junchang looks over the 165 million-year-old ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:59:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Chinese scientist Lu Junchang looks over the 165 million-year-old fossil of a 'Darwinopterus', which was discovered along with more than 20 new fossil skeletons in north-east China late last year, at his office in the Institute of Geology at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Beijing October 28, 2009. The group of Chinese and British scientists say that the reptile-like animal, named in honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin, is evidence of a missing link in Darwin's proposed modular evolution - where natural selection forces a whole series of traits to change rapidly rather than just one. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA SOCIETY SCI TECH)

Chinese scientist Lu Junchang looks over the 165 million-year-old ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:59:34 GMT

Chinese scientist Lu Junchang looks over the 165 million-year-old ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:59:32 GMT

Chinese scientist Lu Junchang looks over the 165 million-year-old ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:59:31 GMT

Paleontologist Richard Forrest with the jaw bone of a fossilized ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:24:52 GMT

(AP) - Paleontologist Richard Forrest with the jaw bone of a fossilized pliosaur found on the southern coast of England in Dorchester, England Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009. A local council says the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off the southern coast of England. The fossil came from a pliosaur, a ferocious predator that lived in the oceans 150 million years ago. The skull was discovered in Dorset by a collector and measures 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length. The discovery was announced Tuesday. Scientists believe the creature would have been some 16 meters (52 feet) long. (AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA Wire)

Paleontologist Richard Forrest measures the jaw bone of a fossilized ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:24:26 GMT

(AP) - Paleontologist Richard Forrest measures the jaw bone of a fossilized pliosaur found on the southern coast of England in Dorchester, England Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009. A local council says the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off the southern coast of England. The fossil came from a pliosaur, a ferocious predator that lived in the oceans 150 million years ago. The skull was discovered in Dorset by a collector and measures 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length. The discovery was announced Tuesday. Scientists believe the creature would have been some 16 meters (52 feet) long. (AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA Wire)

Paleontologist Richard Forrest measures the jaw bone of a fossilized ...

(AP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:23:21 GMT

A protester dressed as a dinosaur takes part in a climate change ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:58:04 GMT

(Reuters) - A protester dressed as a dinosaur takes part in a climate change demonstration in Vancouver, British Columbia October 24, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Clark (CANADA SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

In this book cover image released by Scribner, 'Eating the ...

(AP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:37:12 GMT

(AP) - In this book cover image released by Scribner, 'Eating the Dinosaur' by Chuck Klosterman, is shown. (AP Photo/Scribner)

A clutch of recovered fossilized dinosaur eggs are displayed ...

(AP) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:08:30 GMT

(AP) - A clutch of recovered fossilized dinosaur eggs are displayed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a news conference in Los Angeles in this March 15, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)