AFP – Archaeopteryx, the first known bird, had a hearing range similar to the modern-day emu’s, according to a new study that boosts the avian claims of this descendant of the dinosaurs.

LiveScience.com – The evolution of the flashy down coat has been traced back to 125 million-year-old dinosaur fossils.

LiveScience.com – A nearly complete skull of a primitive cheetah that sprinted about in China more than 2 million years ago suggests the agile cats originated in the Old World rather than in the Americas.

Reuters – Scientists in China say they have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reported on Tuesday.

AFP – Paleontologists in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world’s largest group of dinosaur fossils including the remains of an enormous “platypus”, state press said Tuesday.

A Texas legislator is seeking a name change for the official state dinosaur, after master’s level research at Southern Methodist University revealed the titleholder was misidentified. The Texas State Dinosaur, currently identified as Pleurocoelus, is actually Paluxysaurus jonesi – a new genus and species unique to Texas.

Most of the items auctioned off by Maynards sold for much lower than
estimated value, a boon for the dozens of budget-minded fossil hunters and
palaeontology enthusiasts who gathered for the one-hour auction

Sereno is slated to receive the seventh annual Roy Chapman Andrews Society
Distinguished Explorer Award on Thursday, Jan. 22 at Beloit College in
Wisconsin

Dinosaur Provincial Park is part of the Canadian Badlands and one of the
world’s greatest fossil beds, with 39 dinosaur species having been unearthed
there

The Japanese municipalities, which have been the sites of recent dinosaur
fossil discoveries, want to prevent the smuggling of the prehistoric finds,
which has become a major headache in other countries