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10:37:11 PM Isotopic Evidence for Massive Oxidation of Organic Matter Following the
Science Magazine (blog)

Science Careers Blog 7 Ivan Rakovec Institute of Paleontology, ZRC SAZU, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. 8 State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China. ?*To whom correspondence shoul [more]

8:55:09 PM Desert whales mystery tied to another
Examiner.com - San Francisco,CA,USA

Paleontologists have known about marine life on mountain peaks for centuries. In 1569, Jan Van Gorp said this: Nothing is so high, nothing is so far from the sea that we cannot find [shells] of those creatures that only live in sea water. ... [more]

7:24:05 PM Lambe's Lazy, Scavenging Gorgosaurus
Hirshhorn

Paleontologists had considered the possibility and, eventually, opinions changed. Horner's hypothesis stirred the pot again using different lines of evidence. But the anatomy of tyrannosaurs and healed bite wounds on herbivorous dinosaurs are ... [more]

7:44:56 AM Allen Best: A ski town contributes mightily to paleontology
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA

Work was suspended as paleontologists gleefully plucked bone after bone from the pit for 18 days last November, returning last May for six more weeks of mucking. Working with shovels and aided by the powerful teeth and jaws of the heavy equipment, .. [more]

3:36:13 AM Paleontologists Uncover Wyoming's Formidable Fossil Frogmouth
Wired News - USA

The paper identifying the deep history of the frogmouths was published today by paleontologists Sterling Nesbitt, Daniel Ksepka, and Julia Clarke in PLoS One. Befitting a group of birds well-known for their capacious maws, the fossil avian in questio [more]

1:05:38 AM Bizarre Madagascar Fossil Find Sheds Light on Long-Necked Dinosaurs
Voice of America - USA

The huge fossils unearthed by a team of US and Canadian-based paleontologists are tough, hollow bones called osteoderms. The trove includes the largest such bone ever found, an adult specimen with a volume of almost 10 liters. ... [more]



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