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Science Now:Birdlike Dinosaur Was Adept Glider |
By Dennis Normile
ScienceNOW Daily News
25 January 2010
How did birds learn to fly? The first flight tests of a foam model of a four-winged, feathered dinosaur suggest that early birds may have started their aviation careers by gliding down from trees.
The fight over bird flight evolution is one of t... |
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China Daily:Netizens keep digging into tomb ownership |
By Lin Shujuan (China Daily)
Two press conferences and dozens of interviews by experts over the past two weeks have failed to quiet the unprecedented public debate on the ownership of an ancient tomb discovered in Anyang, Henan province.
Archaeological officials believe the tomb belongs to Cao Cao (AD 155 to... |
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Discovery News: Dinosaur Shocked Prey With Venom |
A birdlike dinosaur related to Velociraptor took down prey with its fanglike teeth.
By Jennifer Viegas
Sinornithosaurus, a carnivorous Chinese dinosaur that likely feasted on other dinosaurs, was venomous, according to new analysis of its teeth and skull.
While researchers in the past theorized some dino... |
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Nature: Dawn of the anomodonts |
Proc. R. Soc. B doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0883 (2009)
The anomodonts were mammal-like reptiles that were widespread from 270 million years ago until at least 200 million years ago. A new specimen of an animal called Biseridens qilianicus has recently been unearthed in Gansu, China. The specimen is in such good shape... |
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Groovy teeth suggest dinosaur was venomous |
Fossils show depression in upper jaw that held venom-producing glands
By Sid Perkins
Well-preserved fossils of a feathered dinosaur that lived about 124 million years ago — along with certain aspects of its teeth and skull — suggest that the turkey-sized creature was venomous.
Sinornithosaurus was unea... |
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NewScientist: Early birds may have dropped teeth to get airborne |
12:32 08 December 2009 by Colin Barras
Holotype of Zhongjianornis yangi gen. et sp. nov. (Image: Zhonghe Zhou and Fucheng Zhang Zhiheng Li)
Fad dieting wasn't an option in the Cretaceous, so the earliest birds went to more extreme measures to address weight issues: they lost their teeth.
Archaeopteryx, a... |
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Telegraph.co.uk: Made in China - millions of years ago |
The Chinese government's attempts to curb the black-market trade in dinosaurs and other fossils could restrict scientific research.
By Lewis Smith
Dinosaur fossils in Kunming, southwest China Photo: AFP
When Harry Kreigstein bought a mysterious fossil encased in 150lb of rock at a palaeontology show six ... |
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Telegraph.co.uk:Earliest known fossil of toothless bird unearthed |
The earliest known fossil of a toothless bird that flew across the skies 120 million years ago has been dug up by scientists.
Published: 7:00AM BST 08 Jul 2009
Researchers say their findings, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest tooth loss was more common than expected in early avian deve... |
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Global Times: Fools' paradise for fossil hunters |
By Xie Ying
University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno adds the toe claw to a well-preserved skeleton of the new tyrannosaur Raptorex. The relatively tiny new ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus rex was reportedly unearthed in China and smuggled out of the country. Photos: AFP
If Charles Darwin were alive to... |
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