Giant dinosaur skeletons unearthed * Dinosaur-Era Spiderweb Found * Hiking like a Paleontologist * China To Tighten Controls Over Fossil Exports

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

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**  Dinosaur festival rewards youth's reading
The museum has partnered with the library throughout the summer, naming
their exhibit, Dinosaur Tales the Science Behind the Stories, helped develop
the library's summer reading theme

**  China To Tighten Controls Over Fossil Exports
However, various reports contend many valuable animal fossils have been, and
are still being, smuggled out of China, though no accurate figures are
available

**  The Art and Science of Dinosaurs in the Movies
This exhibition is a comprehensive overview of how dinosaurs have been shown
in the movies based on artistic portrayals, and on the scientific knowledge
available at the time.
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**  Australian Police Hopeful of Recovering Fossil
The Australian museum was told that the police had searched many places,
including almost all nearby ports

**  Site of Interest: Hiking like a palaeontologist
Coelophysis, the New Mexico state fossil and among the earliest-known
dinosaurs, stood about as tall as a man, carried powerful hind legs, sharp,
carnivorous teeth and puny fore legs/arms

**  Dinosaurs come alive in Basel
An exhibition on dinosaurs has opened in Basel, boasting an unprecedented
display of complete original skeletons as well as the latest theories on
their existence

**  Dinosaur Tracks Discovered in Nevada
A pair of hikers walking thru the Valley of Fire State Park has added a new
chapter to our understanding of life in Nevada millions of years ago

**  Opening of Dinosaur Park delayed again
Striking park rangers have been blamed for the delay in opening Crystal
Palace's dinosaur park

**  India: The real Jurassic park
Did you know that Central India was the largest dinosaur nesting site in the
world?

**  Dinosaur-Era Spiderweb Found in Amber
Over a hundred millions years ago, one small spider wove its intricate
silken web - a task spiders are thought to have performed for hundreds of
millions of years

**  Giant dinosaur skeletons unearthed
Three skeletons of gigantic dinosaurs, one of which may belong to an unknown
species, were unearthed in Russia's far east

**  The Mesa Southwest Museum is proud to present A T-Rex Named Sue

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