Paleontology NewsNews on Paleontology continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Paleontologist honored for fossil discoveries- June 29, 2008 A Tampa Bay-area paleontologist is getting a unique honor for his role in unearthing fossils of a prehistoric miniature manatee-like creature.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/paleontologist-honored-for-fossil-discov... Archaeology close to home: digging up mammoth fossil- June 28, 2008 Short of a time machine, your best chance to see a Columbian mammoth is on a hillside overlooking the Wenas Valley where anthropology students are excavating one that died an estimated 16,000 years ago.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/archaeology-close-to-home-digging-up-mam... Identity Of Bones In Longboat Key Still A Mystery- June 27, 2008 A set of bones found on the beach by Tiffany Robinson and her children could be a deep-sea snake or an eel, a taxidermist told the family.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/identity-of-bones-in-longboat-key-still-... Science: More Transitional Fossils Discovered- June 26, 2008 New fossil discoveries by paleontologist Per Ahlberg are filling in more of the gaps in our knowledge of the transition from sea creatures to land-dwelling vertebrates: Fossil Helps Document Shift From Sea To ...http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/science-more-transitional-fossils-discov... New theory on the two faces of Mars: gigantic solar collision- June 26, 2008 And if the theories are right, it blasted out the biggest crater that any planet has ever survived.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/new-theory-on-the-two-faces-of-mars-giga... Korean dino cranked up its speed at 11 miles per hour for lakeside run- June 26, 2008 Washington, June 25: A new study has suggested that between 145 and 100 million years ago, a dinosaur ran nearly 11 miles per hour in a straight line next to a lake in Korea.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/korean-dino-cranked-up-its-speed-at-11-m... Are dinosaur discoveries just tip of iceberg- June 25, 2008 As news of a remarkably well-preserved cache of dinosaur bones was being heralded in media outlets around the world, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management paleontologist who had announced the find was taking a ...http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/are-dinosaur-discoveries-just-tip-of-ice... Ancient wombats belonged to the same species- June 24, 2008 Asia Pacific News.Net Tuesday 24th June, 2008 Washington, June 24 : A new study has suggested that despite their vastly different sizes, ancient wombats that roamed Australia about two million to 10,000 years ...http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/ancient-wombats-belonged-to-the-same-spe... Monster dinosaur that roamed NZ revealed- June 24, 2008 One of the largest known dinosaurs, a titanosaurid, once roamed New Zealand about 80 million years ago, it has been revealed.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/monster-dinosaur-that-roamed-nz-revealed... Dinosaurs roam earth in big show at Quicken Loans Arena- June 23, 2008 Shrieks and roars pierced the silence at twilight, and the ground rumbled beneath the clawed feet of the Tyrannosaurus rex.http://www.topix.net/science/paleontology/2008/06/dinosaurs-roam-earth-in-big-show-at-quic... |