Tagged: Dinosaurs

4:02pm

Tue December 4, 2012
UW Science

Why it took more than 80 years to identify the world's oldest dinosaur

Credit Mark Witton / ©Natural History Museum, London

A researcher at the University of Washington says he’s identified the oldest dinosaur ever – pushing back the emergence of dinosaurs by millions of years.

The fossilized bones were discovered back in the 1930s, in Tanzania, in a major find that included a vast collection of specimens. They were gathering dust at the Natural History Museum, London, until the scientist who had custody passed away. 

Longest unpublished dissertation ever?

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1:09pm

Fri June 29, 2012
Missing dinosaurs

Truck stop dino stolen in Montana

Credit niznoz / Flickr

MISSOULA, Mont. — The folks at Hi-Noon Petroleum in Montana have a new way to turn a dinosaur into gasoline.

They're offering a $250 gas card for information leading to the safe return of Dino, a 12-foot-long fiberglass Sinclair dinosaur that disappeared June 21 from the Crossroads Travel Center west of Missoula.

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