Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2078 science Dinosaurs & Fossils News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 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/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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091022/sc_nm/us_dinosaur_tiny nm/20091022/us_dinosaur_tiny Reuters science Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:40:27 GMT Reuters - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_sc/us_sci_controversial_fossil ap/20091022/us_sci_controversial_fossil AP science Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:34:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_sc/us_sci_controversial_fossil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091021/capt.6b8f724b112c429f9a256929addc985d.controversial_fossil_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7Ps7OmmP3WVv_wdJGChTCw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AP - Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. Experts protested that Ida wasn't even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports their reaction.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/ap_on_sc/us_sci_controversial_fossil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091021/capt.6b8f724b112c429f9a256929addc985d.controversial_fossil_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7Ps7OmmP3WVv_wdJGChTCw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091021/ap_on_sc/us_sci_small_dinosaur ap/20091021/us_sci_small_dinosaur AP science Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:18:06 GMT AP - Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091019/sc_space/newdinodestroyingtheoryfuelshotdebate space/20091019/newdinodestroyingtheoryfuelshotdebate SPACE.com science Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:15:43 GMT SPACE.com - The extinction of the dinosaurs has often been traced to a giant space rock impact on the Earth 65 million years ago. But now a scientist is saying experts have blamed the wrong impact. The new thinking was met with sharp criticism from other researchers, however. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091014/sc_afp/sciencechinapaleontology afp/20091014/sciencechinapaleontology AFP science Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:48:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091014/sc_afp/sciencechinapaleontology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091014/capt.photo_1255505935931-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=JxLuD2cKqI2GeIoqLhXClw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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, state media said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091014/sc_afp/sciencechinapaleontology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091014/capt.photo_1255505935931-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=JxLuD2cKqI2GeIoqLhXClw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/ap_on_sc/us_trampled_dinosaurs ap/20091014/us_trampled_dinosaurs AP science Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:16:48 GMT AP - A vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were smashed underfoot by other dinosaurs shortly after they died, according to paleontologists. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091013/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologypterosaur afp/20091013/sciencepaleontologypterosaur AFP science Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:33:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091013/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologypterosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091013/capt.photo_1255476725355-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=4_6q8OAfa7DVjT1.IUDyEg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>AFP - 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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091013/sc_afp/sciencepaleontologypterosaur"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091013/capt.photo_1255476725355-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=4_6q8OAfa7DVjT1.IUDyEg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="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)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/fossils/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091013/sc_livescience/flyingreptilemayhavesnatcheddinosaursinmidair livescience/20091013/flyingreptilemayhavesnatcheddinosaursinmidair LiveScience.com science Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:16:17 GMT LiveScience.com - A crow-sized reptile sporting a lengthy tail likely soared through the skies some 160 million years ago, snatching feathered dinosaurs and tiny flying mammals from the air, suggest fossils of a newly identified pterosaur.