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04 2011
A dinosaur jawbone referred to Probactrosaurus gobiensis, an early herbivorous iguanodontid dinosaur from Lower Cretaceous deposits of Inner Mongolia, China, returned to China after having been lost since 1962. Th...
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04 2011
The skeleton of the new mammal Liaoconodon hui (dorsal view of the holotype, IVPP V16051, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing). (Credit: Meng, et al 2011 ( Nature))
Paleon...
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03 2011
In a 24 December 2010 News Focus story in Science, Dr. DENG Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented a query for a 2009 PNAS paper by Per Chri...
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02 2011
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02 2011
Linhenykus likely used long digit to probe termite mounds.
An artist's rendering of the one-fingered, short-armed new dinosaur Linhenykus monodactylus.
Illustration courtesy Julius T. Csotonyi
John Roa...
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11 2010
Chinese fossil challenges traditional early-human time line, study says.
Several views of a human jawbone and molars found in a Chinese cave.
Diagram courtesy Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleo...
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10 2010
The study of fossil fishes has advanced significantly over the past few years, giving scientists a rare opportunity to understand the origin and early evolution of major vertebrate groups, ranging from the jawless...
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09 2010
The more fossil species you describe, the less likely the names are to stick.
Zo？ Corbyn
Edward Cope named 64 dinosaur species, but only 9 of his names are still in use.Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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09 2010
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09 2010
Researchers discovered fossils of a new species of dinosaur from the Ceratopsidae family recently during excavation work in Zhucheng, Shandong Province.
Xu Xing, researcher and dinosaur expert at the Inst...
