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Slow and steady or a great shot? How to grow a ferocious dinosaur

[ad_1] According to scientists who analyzed slices of fossilized bones, large carnivorous dinosaurs reached their great size through very different growth strategies, with some taking a slow and steady path and others experiencing a teenage growth spurt. The researchers examined the annual growth rings, similar to those in tree trunks, …

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Did the dinosaurs cross the ocean to reach Africa?

[ad_1] Researchers have discovered the first fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur in Africa, suggesting that these species crossed the ocean to reach this continent, starting from North American territory. The study, published in Cretaceous research, reports that the new dinosaur, Ajnabia Odysseus, belonged to Hadrosauridae, a duckbill subfamily with elaborate …

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