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12 2009
Nature invited Dr. Xing Xu, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, as one of its regular reviewers to name their pick of this year’s book publications. Dr. Xin...
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12 2009
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,...
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12 2009
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 call...
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12 2009
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 i...
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12 2009
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 b...
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12 2009
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
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12 2009
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 ...
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12 2009
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 report...
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12 2009Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Pa...
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11 2009
Darwin Now in 2009 will include a vibrant programme of activities and a display which will tour four cities in China. Activities will include Darwin and evolution themed workshops, lectures by scientists, Wildscre...
