An odd set of fossils that were once on display at a tribal office in Alaska have turned out to be a “strange” new species of marine mammal unlike any…
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‘Hellboy’ Dinosaur Discovered in Alberta Reveals Evolutionary Surprises
Discovered in the ancient sediments of Alberta, and named for a monstrous hero from ’90s comics, a strange new species of horned dinosaur is an object lesson in how appearances…
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Brontosaurus ‘Resurrected’ as a Type of Dinosaur by New Fossil Study
For more than a hundred years, Brontosaurus — the long-necked and long-neglected icon of the Ancient West — has been dismissed as a mere duplicate in the record books of…
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New Species of Giant Dinosaur From South Dakota ‘Fills Gap’ in America’s Fossil Record
It isn’t a brachiosaur — the type of giant, plant-eating dinosaur that had a titanic body and a peculiarly tiny head. Nor is it quite like a diplodicid, the sauropod…
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Allosaurus Died From Stegosaur Spike to the Crotch, Wyoming Fossil Shows
Analysis of an Allosaurus fossil from southern Wyoming shows that the giant meat-eater died from a painful wound that appears to be unique in the fossil record: a deep stab…
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