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Car-Size 'Sea Monster' Terrorized Triassic Oceans

May 11, 2019 | Article

A crocodile-like beast the length of a Volkswagen Beetle terrorized prey in the late Triassic oceans about 210 million years ago, a new study finds.
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Newfound 'Mini T. Rex' Was a Tiny Terror at Just 3 Feet Tall

May 06, 2019 | Article

A previously unknown tyrannosaur terrorized prey about 92 million years ago, but unlike its relative — the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex — this newfound dinosaur was a pipsqueak, its body just a tad longer than a T. rex skull.
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Photos: Tiny Tyrannosaur Dinosaur Was About As Big As T. Rex's Skull

May 06, 2019 | Image Album

This 92-million-year-old tyrannosaur was so small, it was only slightly larger than the skull of its mighty relative, Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Found: First Tibetan Evidence of Neanderthal Cousins, the Denisovans

May 03, 2019 | Article

This is the first evidence of Denisovans living on the Tibetan Plateau.
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Ancient Millipede Walked with Dinosaurs, Died in a Sticky Trap

May 03, 2019 | Article

Exceptional preservation led to the discovery of a new millipede suborder.
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'Beautiful Nightmare' Crab Sported Lobster Shell, Shrimp Mouth and Soccer Ball Eyes

April 24, 2019 | Article

An ancient crab that lived during the dinosaur age was so strange, paleontologists are calling it the platypus of the crab world.
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Photos: Ancient Crab is the Strangest You've Ever Seen

April 24, 2019 | Image Album

Here's the strangest crab you may ever lay eyes on.
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What's the Controversy Over the Baby T. Rex Listed on eBay?

April 23, 2019 | Article

The partial skeleton of a baby Tyrannosaurus rex is for sale on eBay for nearly $3 million. Paleontologists are furious about it.
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This Ancient 'Warg' Was Scarier Than a Tolkien Beast, Terrorized Kenya 22 Million Years Ago

April 18, 2019 | Article

This newly discovered, but now extinct carnivore lived about 22 million years ago in what is now Kenya. It was larger than a polar bear, the largest land-based carnivore alive today.
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Depression-Era Workers Found Strange Fossilized Beasts in 'Texas Serengeti'

April 12, 2019 | Article

About 12 million years ago, antelopes with slingshot-like horns and beasts that weren't quite elephants but that had long trunks and tusks tramped across the "Texas Serengeti" searching for food and caring for their babies.
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