Half ton Goose * Inland Sea Gives Up Rare Fossil * Rare Dinosaur Captured * Dinosaurnews

["Roger Smith" <jollyroger@wave.co.nz>]

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**  Dinosaurs Will Make Pittsburgh a DinoMite Destination
Pittsburgh will become Dinoburgh next May when at least 100 decorated
fibreglass dinosaurs turn streets, plazas and other locations into Jurassic
parks for prehistoric public art

**  Before man's arrival..
Australian researchers say they have pieced together fossils of a giant
goose that could have weighed up to half a ton and may have thrived as long
as 55 million years ago

**  Cooling climate killed dinosaurs  - Asteroid came later
Climate change may have doomed northern dinosaurs before an asteroid
finished the job 65 million years ago
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**  Tyrant Lizard King to Invade Science Centre
The exhibit features a full-size cast of the Sue the T. rex (42 feet long,
3,500 pounds, and a towering 13 feet tall), along with hands-on activities
and real-life video footage

**  Inland sea gives up rare fossil to SA team
Museum director Tim Flannery last week led a team of 40 fossil finders into
a rarely-visited area of the state's far north

**  Bringing an Arctic fossil to light
In a small room off Logan Circle, the fanged jaw of a 6-foot-long,
meat-eating fish is emerging from the dawn of time

**  Sabre-Toothed Tiger Fossils Found in Spain
Skulls of sabre-toothed tigers, beasts with 10-inch teeth which stalked
subtropical jungle millions of years ago, have been found on the outskirts
of Madrid

**  Burpee Museum Captures A Rare Dinosaur &  Is Bringing It Home!
The Burpee Museum team, led by Curator of Earth Sciences Mike Henderson,
found a Nanotyrannus, a small cousin of the mighty Tyrannosaurus-rex

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