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Pterosaur tracks reveal flying reptiles were comfortable on land, tooResearchers studying pterosaur tracks have found that ancient flying reptiles became better adapted to life on land during the middle of the Jurassic period and even shared environments with dinosaurs.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggestsThe dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to find.
By Richard Pallardy Published
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Researchers react to T. rex 'leather' announcementCompanies claim that Tyrannosaurus rex leather could soon be entering the luxury fashion market, but dinosaur researchers say you can't make genuine T. rex skin.
By Patrick Pester Published
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What was the fastest dinosaur?Dinosaurs left behind clues about their maximum speeds, but do we know which dinosaur was the fastest?
By Roberta McLain Published
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T. rex fossil trade hurting scientific research, study claimsA Tyrannosaurus rex researcher has found that there are now more scientifically valuable T. rex specimens in private or commercial ownership than in public museums, hampering research.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Trove of dinosaur footprints reveal Jurassic secrets on Isle of Skye where would-be Scottish king Bonnie Prince Charlie escapedPaleontologists have discovered tracks belonging to meat-eating theropods and long-necked sauropods on the Isle of Skye.
By Richard Pallardy Published
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'Exquisitely preserved' ginormous claws from Mongolia reveal strange evolution in dinosaursA new species of dinosaur named Duonychus tsogtbaatari has been discovered by scientists, and unlike other therizinosaurs, this species has only two clawed fingers instead of three.
By Jess Thomson Published
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Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years agoDiscover interesting facts about when dinosaurs lived, why they died and how big they got
By Jess Thomson Published
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166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from JurassicA fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.
By Jess Thomson Published
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