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- Dinosaurs, diets and ecological niches: Study shows recipe for success
A new scientific study answers a long-standing question in palaeontology -- how numerous species of large, plant-eating dinosaurs could co-exist successfully over geological time. Results from the largest study of dinosaurs recovered from Alberta's Dinosaur Park Formation suggest that niche partitioning was at play: adaptations in skulls and jaws allowed for distinct groups of herbivores to ...
July 10, 2013 - Science Daily
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- Scott Hocknull in Times Online
This is changing the course of our understanding of natural history in Australia,said Mr Hocknull. "And it puts Australia back on the palaeontology map." - Paul Sereno in The Times
It's true, I was a delinquent,says Sereno, no remorse in his tone. "I was never turned on by school. I went to college with the intention of being an artist and only found palaeontology at the very end of it. With it, I found a way to...