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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)

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

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:39:35 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.' Media conglomerate News Corp. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 said its net income for the latest quarter grew despite analysts' expectations of a decline, thanks to strength at its cable networks and the box-office success of 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.' (AP Photo/20th Century Fox)

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)

Illustration shows a reconstruction of the Fruitadens haagarorum, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Illustration shows a reconstruction of the Fruitadens haagarorum, the smallest dinosaur ever discovered in North America, released by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Reconstruction by Doyle Trankina, NHM Dinosaur Institute/Handout

FILE -- A May 19, 2009 file photo shows Dr. Jorn Hurum speaking ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:12:05 GMT

(AP) - FILE -- A May 19, 2009 file photo shows Dr. Jorn Hurum speaking to reporters as a photo of 'Ida', the 47 million year old fossilized remains of a primate, is projected on a screen during a news conference at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Erik Seiffert of Stony Brook University in New York reports in Nature the results of studies by Seiffert and his colleagues indicate 'Ida' does not belong in the same primate category as monkeys, apes and humans. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

FILE --This undated file photo provided by Atlantic Productions/History ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:11:29 GMT

(AP) - FILE --This undated file photo provided by Atlantic Productions/History shows a 47 million year old fossilized remains of a primate called 'Ida' at the University of Oslo Natural Museum History in Norway. The young female specimen, known as Ida will be featured in a television special called 'The Link' on the History Channel on Monday May 25, 2009. (AP Photo/ Atlantic Productions, History)

A model presents creations by 'tiny dinosaur,' designed by Japanese ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:58:36 GMT

(AP) - A model presents creations by 'tiny dinosaur,' designed by Japanese designer Naomi Yamamoto. during the 2010 spring/summer collection of Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

A model presents creations by 'tiny dinosaur,' designed by Japanese ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:58:09 GMT

A model presents creations by 'tiny dinosaur,' designed by Japanese ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:57:55 GMT

A model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:43:11 GMT

(AP) - A model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest species of dinosaur ever discovered in North America, is seen next to a skull of a much larger Carnotaurus, at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds (900 grams) and stood about 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, said Luis Chiappe, director of the museum. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

A model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:36:30 GMT

(AP) - A model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest species of dinosaur ever discovered in North America, is seen in front of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex at the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds (900 grams) and stood about 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, said said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:35:11 GMT

(AP) - Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, holds a model of Fruitadens haagarorum, described as the smallest species of dinosaur ever discovered in North America, in front of a skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex, at the museum in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. The newly identified creature weighed less than two pounds (900 grams) and stood about 4 inches (10 centimeters) tall. From head to tail, it measured a little over 2 feet (60 centimeters) long, said Luis Chiappe. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Logan Veitz, 4, dressed as a dinosaur gestures as a walrus comes ...

(AP) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:37:16 GMT

(AP) - Logan Veitz, 4, dressed as a dinosaur gestures as a walrus comes close to the glass wall decorated for Halloween at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. Children, many dressed as animal and super heroes, participated in the annual Zoo Boo event, which offered trick-or-treaters a scavenger hunt, treats and other Halloween theme activities. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)

French researchers are excited by a recent discovery: the biggest ...

(AFPTV) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:48:54 GMT

(AFPTV) - French researchers are excited by a recent discovery: the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more. VIDEO - Record dino prints found in France. Originally filed: 091009. Duration: 01:11.(AFPTV)

A worker is seen uncovering a piece of bone at a gully that ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:48:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A worker is seen uncovering a piece of bone at a gully that is strewn with thousands of dinosaur bones in Zhucheng, northeast China's Shandong province, October 11. 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.(AFP/File)

A mockup is seen during a presentation of a pterosaurus wing ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:33:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - A mockup is seen during a presentation of a pterosaurus wing structures study in Brazil in August 2009. Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as pterosaurs.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)