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A mound strewn with dinosaur bones is seen October 2009 in Zhucheng, ...

(AFP) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - A mound strewn with dinosaur bones is seen October 2009 in Zhucheng, in northeast China's Shandong province. Paleontologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals. Photo:/AFP

The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:25:00 GMT

The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The skull of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' is seen at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

The skeleton of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The skeleton of the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' is seen at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Professor Xu Xing (L) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Professor Xu Xing (L) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology and his assistant inspect the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Professor Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Professor Xu Xing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology inspects the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

A worker cleans the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker cleans the newly discovered fossil of a carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' at a Chinese Academy of Sciences' workshop on the outskirts of Beijing, January 26, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. Picture taken January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

An image showing the fossil bones of a newly discovered carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An image showing the fossil bones of a newly discovered carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' is released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 28, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. REUTERS/Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

An image showing the structure of a newly discovered carnivorous ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An image showing the structure of a newly discovered carnivorous dinosaur called 'Haplocheirus sollers' is released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 28, 2010. China has unearthed the fossil of a two-legged carnivorous dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago and which researchers have identified as the earliest known member of a long lineage than includes birds. REUTERS/Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

German Chanceller Anngela Merkel (C) German Environment Minister ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Chanceller Anngela Merkel (C) German Environment Minister Norbert Rottoegen (L) and Executive Director of the Enviromental Programme of the United Nations (UNEP) Achim Steiner (R) are pictured in front of a dinosaur skeleton at the official celebration to launch the United Nations' Year of Biodiversity at the museum of natural history in Berlin January 11, 2010. Merkel urged industrialised and emerging countries to invest more in protecting wildlife and said the U.N. should create a body to put forward the scientific arguments for saving species. Germany is chair of the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity and hands over to Japan later in the year. REUTERS/Micheal Gottschalk/Pool (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

A fossilised footprint of an unknown creature is displayed at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A fossilised footprint of an unknown creature is displayed at the Geological Museum in Warsaw January 7, 2010. The fossil dates back to about 400 million years ago which suggests that animals moved from sea onto land at least 20 million years earlier than previously thought. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A cameraman views a fossilised footprint of an unknown creature ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A cameraman views a fossilised footprint of an unknown creature displayed at the Geological Museum in Warsaw January 7, 2010. The fossil dates back to about 400 million years ago which suggests that animals moved from sea onto land at least 20 million years earlier than previously thought. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: SOCIETY)

People look at a fossilised footprint of an unknown creature ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People look at a fossilised footprint of an unknown creature displayed at the Geological Museum in Warsaw January 7, 2010. The fossil dates back to about 400 million years ago which suggests that animals moved from sea onto land at least 20 million years earlier than previously thought. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: SOCIETY)

A girl puts her hand into the mouth of an animatronic model ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A girl puts her hand into the mouth of an animatronic model of a dinosaur at Sydney Aquarium December 22, 2009. The newly opened 'The Last Living Dinosaur' exhibit also features a five-metre-long (16 ft), 700kg (1540 lb) saltwater crocodile. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

A climate change deal woven by US President Barack Obama and ...

(AFP) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - A climate change deal woven by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders is hanging in the balance after smaller nations lashed the pact as a betrayal. Photo:/AFP

Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility near ...

(AFP) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta. Green groups on Friday named Canada 'Fossil of the Year' -- an award that carried the additional honorific of 'Colossal Fossil' -- for what they said was a strategy to sabotage efforts to tackle climate change. Photo:Mark Ralston/AFP

The newly discovered Triassic, carnivorous dinosaur, Tawa hallae. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:11:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - The newly discovered Triassic, carnivorous dinosaur, Tawa hallae. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Artwork by Jorge Gonzalez)

An actor performs during the show Dinosaurier Im Reich der Gigangten ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An actor performs during the show Dinosaurier Im Reich der Gigangten (Dinosaurs - In the empire of giants) during a dress rehearsal in Berlin, December 10, 2009. The 15 dinosaurs puppets up to 11 metres high and 17 metres long are partially remote driven in this show running from today until December 13 in the German capital.REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

A curator poses in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil replica ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A curator poses in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil replica display during a media preview of the 'Playing with Dinosaurs' exhibition at the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei December 7, 2009. The exhibition will be held from December 12, 2009 to April 5th, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN SOCIETY)

Fossils of an ancient elephant (Stegodon Trigono Chevalus) are ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Fossils of an ancient elephant (Stegodon Trigono Chevalus) are displayed at village chief Karyanto's house in Bojonegoro of the Indonesia's East Java province December 2, 2009. The local ancient artefacts office and a team of archaeologists from Bandung Institute of Technology estimated that the fossil, found in a nearby dam last month, is 250,000 years old. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

Village chief Karyanto displays fossils of an ancient elephant ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Village chief Karyanto displays fossils of an ancient elephant (Stegodon Trigono Chevalus) in Bojonegoro of Indonesia's East Java province December 2, 2009. The local ancient artefacts office and a team of archaeologists from Bandung Institute of Technology estimated that the fossil, found in a nearby dam last month, is 250,000 years old. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

Village chief Karyanto cleans a fossil of an ancient elephant ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Village chief Karyanto cleans a fossil of an ancient elephant head (Stegodon Trigono Chevalus) in Bojonegoro of Indonesia's East Java province December 2, 2009. The local ancient artefacts office and a team of archaeologists from Bandung Institute of Technology estimated that the fossil, found in a nearby dam last month, is 250,000 years old. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas (INDONESIA ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

A sabre toothed dinosaur is seen during a presentation at an ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A sabre toothed dinosaur is seen during a presentation at an auction room in Paris November 27, 2009. The dinosaurs are part of a collection of fossils, minerals and paleontological specimens to be auctioned in the French capital on December 1 and 2. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY ODDLY)

An 8 metre long, 100 million years old Spinosaurus dinosaur ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An 8 metre long, 100 million years old Spinosaurus dinosaur is seen during a presentation at an auction room in Paris November 27, 2009. The dinosaurs are part of a collection of fossils, minerals and paleontological specimens to be auctioned in the French capital on December 1 and 2. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY ODDLY)

Workers are seen next to the skull and jaws of an 8 metre long, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers are seen next to the skull and jaws of an 8 metre long, 100 million years old Spinosaurus dinosaur during a presentation at an auction room in Paris November 27, 2009. The dinosaurs are part of a collection of fossils, minerals and paleontological specimens to be auctioned in the French capital on December 1and 2. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY ODDLY)

Workers put the final touches to an 8 metre long, 100 million ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers put the final touches to an 8 metre long, 100 million years old Spinosaurus dinosaur during a presentation at an auction room in Paris November 27, 2009. The dinosaurs are part of a collection of fossils, minerals and paleontological specimens to be auctioned in the French capital on December 1 and 2. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE SOCIETY ODDLY)

Models made of ice of the Brandenburg Gate and dinosaurs, are ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Models made of ice of the Brandenburg Gate and dinosaurs, are displayed at an ice sculpture exhibition by Chinese artisans in Berlin, November 26, 2009. The ice sculpture exhibition will be open to the public from November 27, 2009 to February 22, 2010. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)

A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil lower jaw are seen in an image courtesy of National Geographic. PancakeCroc was a fish eater with a 3-foot-long, pancake-flat skull. It likely rested motionless for hours, its open jaws waiting for prey. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic/Handout

Travelers (L-R) Sheila James, Sharon Walker and Rosa Washington ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Travelers (L-R) Sheila James, Sharon Walker and Rosa Washington sit under a dinosaur after their flight to St. Louis was delayed by several hours at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, November 19, 2009. A problem with a flight-processing system disrupted U.S. air travel for several hours on Thursday but was later fixed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. REUTERS/Tami Chappell (UNITED STATES TRANSPORT SCI TECH)

University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno (L) and McGill University ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno (L) and McGill University Associate Professor Hans Larsson excavate the fossil skull of a 100-million-year-old croc in Niger in this undated National Geographic photograph released to Reuters on November 19, 2009. The animal, which they nicknamed BoarCroc, was one of several crocs that inhabited a lost world now buried in the sands of the Sahara. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer/National Geographic/Handout (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) IMAGES ARE FOR YOUR ONE-TIME EXCLUSIVE USE ONLY AS A TIE-IN WITH THE 'CROCS' ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR PHOTO INFORMATION, CONTACT KATE BAYLOR: kbaylor@ngs.org NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A flesh model of the head of PancakeCroc (above) and its fossil lower jaw are seen in this combo handout image by National Geographic made available to Reuters on November 19, 2009. PancakeCroc was a fish eater with a 3-foot-long, pancake-flat skull. It likely rested motionless for hours, its open jaws waiting for prey. REUTERS/Foto: Mike Hettwer, courtesy National Geographic/Handout (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH ANIMALS) IMAGES ARE FOR YOUR ONE-TIME EXCLUSIVE USE ONLY AS A TIE-IN WITH THE 'CROCS' ANNOUNCEMENT , NO TRANSFERS. FOR PHOTO INFORMATION, CONTACT KATE BAYLOR: kbaylor@ngs.org NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A flesh model of the head of BoarCroc (above) and its actual ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A flesh model of the head of BoarCroc (above) and its actual fossil skull discovered in the Sahara by a team led by paleontologist Paul Sereno, a professor at the University of Chicago, are seen in this combo photograph by National Geographic made available to Reuters on November 19, 2009. BoarCroc was a 20-foot-long meat eater with three sets of dagger-shaped fangs. REUTERS/Mike Hettwer/National Geographic/Handout (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH SOCIETY ANIMALS) IMAGES ARE FOR YOUR ONE-TIME EXCLUSIVE USE ONLY AS A TIE-IN WITH THE 'CROCS' ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR PHOTO INFORMATION, CONTACT KATE BAYLOR: kbaylor@ngs.org NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Vertebral fossils from the Cretaceous period are displayed in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Vertebral fossils from the Cretaceous period are displayed in front of a map of South America at Interpol headquarters in Buenos Aires, November 18, 2009. Police on Wednesday announced that they seized 300, 000 euros ($448, 860) worth of fossils from an Argentinian man who tried to sell them to museums and collectors in Europe. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA CRIME LAW ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

An 'Ostrea Patagonica' Oligocene-Mocen fossil is displayed at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An 'Ostrea Patagonica' Oligocene-Mocen fossil is displayed at the Interpol headquarters, as a plainclothes policeman stands in the back, in Buenos Aires, November 18, 2009. Police on Wednesday announced that they seized 300,000 Euros ($448, 860) worth of fossils from an Argentinian man who tried to sell them to museums and collectors in Europe. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA CRIME LAW ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

This third trip to the Ice Age cooler is a Jurassic Lark. ...

(Metro) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:24:00 GMT

(Metro) - This third trip to the Ice Age cooler is a Jurassic Lark.