Category Archives: Dinosaurs
BECKS AND T. REX
September 2007 You may have seen this story, from the fevered brain of our own Bill Sellers. For a few days, Bill was a global media super-star as he explained how his computer simulation showed that T. rex could have outrun a footballer. … Continue reading
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DINOSAUR RECONSTRUCTION
May 2007 The Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh has been assembling a number of new dinosaur skeletons (including a Stegosaur!), and has put up some journals to describe the progress.
T. REX WAS A CHICKEN
April 2007 Soft tissue in fossils can now be analysed. Two groups reported work, published in Science, in which they examined remains of collagen in T. rex fossils and come up with identical conclusions – the dinosaur collagen is closest to that found … Continue reading
BURROWING DINOSAURS
March 2007 Recent discovery in Montana (where else?) of burrowing dinosaurs (pretty hefty ones at that, but no, not stegosaur size). BBC News article, original article in Proceedings: Biology (open access!)
DINOSAUR GENOMICS
March 2007 Actually extracting dinosaur DNA is the stuff of science fiction, and will probably remain so. But studying broad patterns of genomic variation can give insights into the deep past, and the mysterious present. Research article in Nature, Science magazine article … Continue reading
BIPLANE DINOSAURS
February 2007 It appears that early feathered dinosaurs also had ”wings” on their feet! BBC summary here, original PNAS article here (open access).
MY FAVOURITE DINOSAUR GOES TO THE ALGARVE
February 2007 Those of you who’ve been to my office will know that I have a Stegosaur thing. These animals have hitherto been found only in North America. (Similarly looking plated Kentrosaurus have been found in China, but they aren’t quite the same.) … Continue reading
