Paleontology ain't rocket science

Dinosaur? What dinosaur?

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is storing 3 dino foot prints found on the grounds.

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That's one big dino omelet!

Seemed like a good place to lay their eggs at the time. 17 preserved nests with about 75 eggs total were discovered in the Gobi Desert.

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Gardener finds a bone in his greens.

This guy waited 10 years to tell a paleontology museum he found a pliosaur bone in his tomatoes. I guess there's no rush after a few million years, right?

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So, what IS a pterodactyl?

Through their portrayal in the media, in movies, cartoons, comics and science-fiction stories, pterosaurs have been consistently described and depicted inaccurately.

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Must be a pterodactyl

The bony skeletal structure of an origami paper crane. Created following the traditional crane model, for any lovers or the art of paper folding out there.

O.K., not a pterodactyl, but you can see it here

Why did they get so big?

"Sauropods not only pushed biological limits—they also push the limits of our own biological knowledge"

Scientists are wondering if they held their necks upright like a giraffe or if it was held horizontally, and why such large necks for tiny heads.

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