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News - Cretaceous

2012-05-23 17:04:00

The stubby arms of Tyrannosaurus rex obviously weren't designed for hand-to-hand combat.

Some Dinosaurs Were Already Dying Out Before Asteroid Impact
2012-05-02 04:49:27

An asteroid impact may have ended the reign of the dinosaurs here on Earth about 65 million years ago, but new evidence suggests many of the large, plant-eating dinosaurs were already dying out during the last 12 million years of the Cretaceous period.

First Fruitful, Then Futile: Ammonites Or The Boon And Bane Of Many Offspring
2012-04-23 08:48:13

For 300 million years, they were the ultimate survivors.

Sea-life In America’s Midwest?
2012-04-17 11:15:18

New research from the American Museum of Natural History shows that America’s Great Plains region may have once been home to some typically sea-bound creatures.

2012-03-29 14:43:43

The dinosaurs of the Cretaceous may have faced an unexpected hazard: fire!

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Reference Library - Cretaceous

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2012-03-21 22:48:02

Sauroposeidon, meaning “earthquake god lizard,” is a genus of sauropods...

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2011-01-03 18:03:01

Qiaowanlong is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Albian stage of the...

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2011-01-03 17:56:44

Qantassaurus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the late Aptian to early...

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2010-09-16 16:54:13

Santanaraptor, meaning "Santana Formation thief", is a genus of theropod...

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2010-09-08 17:59:47

Xiongguanlong, named after the city of Jiayuguan in northwestern China, is a...

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