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The Big One -- Thomas the T. Rex -- Hits Los Angeles
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsHe has arrived. Direct from southwestern Montana, meet Thomas the T-rex. Excavated between 2003-2005 by Dr. Luis Chiappe and his Dinosaur Institute team from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the 30-foot Thomas -- as well as a 20-foot juvenile T-rex and a 10-foot baby T-rex -- were the first dinosaurs to be revealed this week at the much-anticipated new Dinosaur Hall in L.A. that opens this summer. Phil Fraley, whose New Jersey-based company Phil Fraley Productions, Inc. was responsible for mounting the T-Rex series, told AOL News it's no mystery why so many are fascinated ...
Cops: Man Humps Dinosaur in Park
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Sept. 23) -- Days after Spanish researchers announced the discovery of a humpbacked dinosaur, police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man spotted humping a dinosaur. Law enforcement officials say a man exposed himself to two teenage girls in a park in Chester County on Sept. 19, then began "simulating a sex act with a large plastic dinosaur in the park," according to a police report quoted by Philly.com. Raul Martin, Universidad Nacional de Educacion/AFP/Getty Images This humpbacked dinosaur -- dubbed Concavenator corcovatus -- isn't the suspect or the victim. But he's been in the news, ...
Quasimodosaurus: Hunchback Dinosaur Is a Spine-Tingling Discovery
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- Move over, Quasimodo, a newly discovered dinosaur could become the biggest hunchback the world has ever known. Three Spanish paleontologists announced their discovery of Concavenator corcovatus -- which means "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca" -- in the journal Nature. The carnivorous dino lived about 130 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period and had a prominent hump on its back. Raul Martin, Universidad Nacional de Educacion/AFP/Getty Images This guy's real name might be Concavenator corcovatus, but you can call him Quasimodosaurus. Paleontologists in Spain ...
Bizarre New Dinosaur Species Found in Utah
By Traci Watson - AOL News
(Sept. 22) -- Scientists say they've found two new dinosaur species in Utah that are among the most bizarre and blinged out ever discovered. The Utah reptiles belong to the horned-dinosaur family, which is known for outlandish anatomy, and are wowing seasoned fossil hunters. Even the three-horned triceratops, the most familiar horned dinosaur, looks like the no-frills model compared with the newcomers. The species named Kosmoceratops had 15 horns decorating its massive head, giving it the most elaborate dinosaur headdress known to science. At 15 feet long, it was larger than a Ford Fiesta. ...
Fark's Weird News Quiz (Drunken Paleontologists Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News(July 9) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange-news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge, and check your answers below. 1. In an effort to offer more creative vacation packages, one French company has added something unusual to the regular mix. What is it? a) The Atomic Age package, a complete re-creation of a 1950s hotel, including restored cars, radio programs and period actors b) Simulated kidnappings and imprisonment by fake terrorists c) Upper-atmosphere sex tours where couples can try to conceive children in zero ...
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Stolen Dinosaur Skeleton Could Be New Raptor Species
By not in system - AOL NewsGREAT FALLS, Mont. (Jan. 24) -- A rare and nearly complete dinosaur skeleton stolen from private property in Montana and stored in an evidence locker for more than two years has been turned over to researchers. Scientists at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota say the 70-million-year-old turkey-sized predator could be a new species of raptor. "It's a mean and nasty little dinosaur," said Peter Larson, president of the institute. "Even though it's not very big, you wouldn't want to meet it in a dark alleyway." Researchers say it's unusual to find the skeleton of ...
Dinosaur Likely Packed Venom in Fangs
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 22) -- Using snake-like fangs, saber-toothed dinosaur relatives of velociraptors likely subdued their prey with venom, scientists now suggest. Paleontologists analyzed the skulls of Sinornithosaurus, whose name means "Chinese bird lizard." This narrow-snouted raptor was the fifth and most bird-like dinosaur species ever to be discovered, and lived roughly 125 million years ago in the warm, moist forests of northeastern China during the late Cretaceous. "This is an animal about the size of a turkey," said researcher Larry Martin, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the University of ...
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