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Fossils reveal dinosaurs were thriving in North America just before being wiped out by asteroid strike, study shows

New research suggests dinosaur populations were still thriving in North America before the asteroid strike, but it's only one piece of the global picture, independent experts say.

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Fossils of Some of the Last Dinosaurs in North America Have a Story to Tell

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New Mexico fossils show dinosaurs thriving just before annihilation

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Dinosaurs thriving in North America before mass-extinction asteroid strike: Study

“Dinosaurs were quite diverse and now we know there were quite distinct communities" roaming around before being abruptly wiped out, said Daniel Peppe, a study co-author and paleontologist at Baylor U...

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Fossils show dinosaurs thriving in North America before asteroid strike

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Vibrant dinosaur communities thrived in North America before asteroid strike wiped them out, study says

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Here's how dinosaur ‘mummies’ are helping scientists solve fossil mysteries

Fortunately, paleontologists have found some dinosaur bones are preserved with soft tissues like feathers, claw sheaths, and, with luck, entire dinosaur “mummies.”

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Two New Dinosaur Fossils Emerge From the ‘Mummy Zone’

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Fossilized Skin on Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Isn’t Skin at All

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Rare Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Show Their Features as We’ve Never Seen Them Before

“It’s the first time we’ve had a complete, fleshed-out view of a large dinosaur that we can really feel confident about,” co-author Paul Sereno, a professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the Un...

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Dinosaur ‘mummies’ help scientists visualize the fleshy details of these ancient animals

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Scientists unravel mystery of strange ‘mummified’ dinosaur with hooves

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UChicago paleontologists unveil duck-billed dinosaur ‘mummies’

In a new paper in Science, experts from the University of Chicago describe steps that took place some 66 million years ago to transform carcasses of a duck-billed dinosaur, Edmontosaurus annectens, into dinosaur “mummies” preserving fine details of scales and hooves.

Duck-Billed Dinosaur ‘Mummies’ Are Clay Molds Formed by Microbes, Scientists Say

More than a century ago prolific fossil collector Charles Sternberg discovered the skeleton of a duck-billed Edmontosaurus dinosaur in the sandstone rocks of the Lance Formation in eastern Wyoming. The remains were covered in fossilized flesh and skin,

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Dinosaur Fossils That Changed What We Know About Evolution

Imagine digging up a fossil that completely rewrites what scientists thought they knew about prehistoric life. Some dinosaur discoveries have done exactly that, revealing feathers on creatures we assumed were scaly,

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science piecing together 'remarkably complete' Triceratops skull, lower jaws, neck

A team at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is hard at work piecing together a "remarkably complete" set of Triceratops fossils.

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Arctic fossils show dinosaurs in polar night

A fascinating revelation from the icy expanses of the Arctic has given us a fresh insight into the life of dinosaurs. Recently discovered fossils, aged around 73 million years, suggest that dinosaurs not only inhabited these polar regions, but also managed ...