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...In total, he discovered 48 new species.



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/earlyshow/main4833152.shtml

UK Scientist Finds 48 New Ancient Species

(CBS)  You could say all Steve Sweetman had to do, was follow the tracks
along the beach. Hundred and thirty million-year-old tracks, that is. 

Dinosaur footprints are common here, reports CBS correspondent Richard Roth,
lining the shore on what's been called the Isle of Wight's Jurassic coast. 

And yes, among the fossils he's found here are remains of what you've seen
in movies like Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park. 

"They were called in the film 'Velociraptor,' but they were actually a
bigger representation of that animal. But the raptor I found here on the
Isle of Wight was actually bigger than  ...

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