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New species of tiny Cretaceous mammal discovered on the Dorset coast
A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the ...
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A Rare, Pregnant Ichthyosaur Fossil Discovered in Chile Is Revealing More Secrets About the Early Cretaceous World
Glaciers in Chile’s Patagonia region have been melting in recent years, exposing fossils underneath. Judith Pardo-Pérez, a ...
Museum discovers rare 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone under its own parking lot
Museum officials uncovered a rare Cretaceous dinosaur bone 750 feet beneath their Denver parking lot, potentially the city's ...
Denver museum discovers nearly 70-million-year-old fossil under parking lot
A museum in Denver has found a fossil that is almost 70 million years old under its parking lot while running an unrelated ...
Dinosaur discovered under museum parking lot
DENVER — Museums are full of treasures untold, even in the most unlikely of places, like a parking lot.
Denver dinosaur museum makes ‘historically thrilling’ discovery under its own parking lot
This is a scientifically and historically thrilling find for both the Museum and the larger Denver community,” said Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...
Denver dinosaur museum makes ‘historically thrilling’ discovery under own parking lot
This is a scientifically and historically thrilling find for both the Museum and the larger Denver community,” said Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...
Dino museum makes ‘historically thrilling’ discovery under own parking lot
This is a scientifically and historically thrilling find for both the Museum and the larger Denver community,” said Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...
70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science
A new dinosaur fossil at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was found buried hundreds of feet under the facility's parking ...
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A Paleontologist Matched Two Halves of the Same Fossil Stored at Different Museums—and Discovered a New Species
Paleontologist Victor Beccari was looking through the fossilized reptiles housed at London’s Natural History Museum when he ...
Fiona the Pregnant Sea Reptile’s Fossil Hints at the Birth of a New Ocean
An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...