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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2078 science Dinosaurs & Fossils News en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:13 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2078 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_crocodiles nm/20091119/us_crocodiles Reuters odd Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:13 GMT Reuters - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_odd_crocs ap/20091119/us_sci_odd_crocs AP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:25:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_odd_crocs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.6ac599ee904a4fccaf6f8cc7ac29858d.odd_crocs_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5axgKeuGwpFVR7QDvg0EUw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs &mdash; like wild boar tusks &mdash; roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday. While this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout like a pancake was fishing for food.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_odd_crocs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.6ac599ee904a4fccaf6f8cc7ac29858d.odd_crocs_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=5axgKeuGwpFVR7QDvg0EUw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyafricaus afp/20091119/sciencepaleontologyafricaus AFP science Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyafricaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258652905532-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=mJ7LFQNRvJB91Cx.Twf.xg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologyafricaus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258652905532-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=mJ7LFQNRvJB91Cx.Twf.xg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091119/ts_csm/afurry csm/20091119/afurry The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Ever since Europeans first uncovered mastodon fossils along Big Bone Lick in Kentucky in 1739, the demise of these huge animals and other lumbering contemporaries at the end of the last ice age has been an enduring puzzle to paleontologists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/sc_afp/sciencejapanindonesiaanimalcoelacanth afp/20091117/sciencejapanindonesiaanimalcoelacanth AFP science Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:39:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/sc_afp/sciencejapanindonesiaanimalcoelacanth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258457275098-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=LAnbWn0BrZNn9JW4w4gZ0A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japanese marine researchers said on Tuesday they had found and successfully filmed a young coelacanth -- a rare type of fish known as "a living fossil" -- in deep water off Indonesia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/sc_afp/sciencejapanindonesiaanimalcoelacanth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258457275098-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=LAnbWn0BrZNn9JW4w4gZ0A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_dinosaur ap/20091112/af_south_africa_dinosaur AP world Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:25:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_dinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.5d9e06e268db4f1a8d788af002984ce9.south_africa_dinosaur_discovery_xdf101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5AMyyDI.T1iUBOVYLivAwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_dinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091111/capt.5d9e06e268db4f1a8d788af002984ce9.south_africa_dinosaur_discovery_xdf101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=5AMyyDI.T1iUBOVYLivAwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_dinosaur_fossil_sold ap/20091112/us_dinosaur_fossil_sold AP us Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:12:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_dinosaur_fossil_sold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091112/capt.1bb6037a56554331b85df13e73d512d9.dinosaur_fossil_sold_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=UFndZo91hVr0qpnsIY3nrg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - A fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex that failed to sell at auction in Las Vegas last month has been bought by a private buyer who intends to see it displayed in a museum, an auctioneer told The Associated Press on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_dinosaur_fossil_sold"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091112/capt.1bb6037a56554331b85df13e73d512d9.dinosaur_fossil_sold_ny128.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=UFndZo91hVr0qpnsIY3nrg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091111/sc_nm/us_safrica_dinosaur nm/20091111/us_safrica_dinosaur Reuters science Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:48:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091111/sc_nm/us_safrica_dinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091111/i/r4290335917.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wimgp4Fu0TfnVF6ge5TAPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="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" border="0" /></a>Reuters - 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, a scientist said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091111/sc_nm/us_safrica_dinosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091111/i/r4290335917.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wimgp4Fu0TfnVF6ge5TAPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="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" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/ts_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaursafrica afp/20091111/sciencepaleontologydinosaursafrica AFP topstories Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:45:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/ts_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaursafrica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091111/capt.photo_1257945660133-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0kz7q4wGyUKOP1aSdwMWQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A 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 Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/ts_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaursafrica"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091111/capt.photo_1257945660133-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0kz7q4wGyUKOP1aSdwMWQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091111/sc_livescience/keytosuccessdinosaursmayhavebeenwarmblooded livescience/20091111/keytosuccessdinosaursmayhavebeenwarmblooded LiveScience.com science Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:05:09 GMT LiveScience.com - Many dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded just like mammals or birds, potentially explaining their extraordinary success before their extinction. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand afp/20091107/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257573350191-1-0.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=oznPvypfn8ajnKYfszvm_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_asia_afp/sciencepaleontologydinosaurnzealand"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257573350191-1-0.jpg?x=111&y=130&q=85&sig=oznPvypfn8ajnKYfszvm_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="111" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091104/sc_livescience/trexsoldestrelativediscovered livescience/20091104/trexsoldestrelativediscovered LiveScience.com science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:36 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091030/sc_livescience/newdinosaurbuiltlikeashermantank livescience/20091030/newdinosaurbuiltlikeashermantank LiveScience.com science Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:35:05 GMT 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. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_sea_monster ap/20091027/eu_britain_sea_monster AP science Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:28:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_sea_monster"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091027/capt.a0edf3eb29b2453e80eef6b9d24d3c70.britain_sea_monster_lon817.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=WTUsjvKqp.zPcvk47g1Tcg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - British authorities say the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off England's southern coast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_sea_monster"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091027/capt.a0edf3eb29b2453e80eef6b9d24d3c70.britain_sea_monster_lon817.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=WTUsjvKqp.zPcvk47g1Tcg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)