AFP - Dinosaurs were wiped out by a huge asteroid that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago with the force of a billion atomic bombs, scientists said, hoping to lay an age-old debate to rest once and for all.
LiveScience.com - A four-legged animal about the size of a large dog with a
long tail is now the oldest known relative of dinosaurs, dating back some 240
million years. Paleontologists recently examined the bones from at least 14
individuals of this proto-dinosaur that were discovered in southern Tanzania.
AP - Fossils of a previously undiscovered species of dinosaur have been found in slabs of Utah sandstone that were so hard that explosives had to be used to free some of the remains, scientists said Tuesday. The bones found at Dinosaur National Monument belonged to a type of sauropod — long-necked plant-eaters that were said to be the largest animal ever to roam land.




