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Dinosaur Tracks
Lots of Dinosaur Tracks Found in Washington DC Suburbs
January 13 | USA Today

Ray Stanford has an unconventional background for being one of the best dinosaur trackers on the planet. For the past 13 years he has been discovering dinosaur tracks in the Washington, DC suburbs.

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Dinosaur Tracks in Arizona and Utah
October 21 | BBC News
A huge collection of over 1,000 dinosaur footprints have been "found" in the United States along the Arizona-Utah border. Located...

Sauropod Tracks Discovered in Yemen
May 21 | BBC News
An impressive pair of dinosaur trackways have been discovered in Yemen. One has tracks of 11 sauropods and the...

Dinosaur Tracks in Yemen
July 24 | BBC News
Dinosaur footprints in the village of Madar were the first to be discovered on the Arabian Peninsula. The residents have...

Photos: Dinosaur Ridge, Morrison, Colorado
November 23 | About.com:Geology
Andrew Alden shares some photos of sedimentary structures, dinosaur tracks, burrows, trackmarks, dinosaur bones and outcrops at his about.com Geology...

Futalognkosaurus dukei - Another Giant Dinosaur
October 18 | Yahoo! News
A new species of giant dinosaur has been discovered in 80 million-year-old, rocks of northern Patagonia. Futalognkosaurus dukei...

Swimming Dinosaurs
September 12 | Globe and Mail
From the article: "The tracks strongly suggest a floating theropod [a bipedal, lizard-hipped, carnivorous dinosaur], clawing the sediment as...

Fossilized Dinosaur Nest
November 16 | National Geographic
Paleontologists believe that fossilized eggs found in Montana belonged to a carnivorous dinosaur, most likely a caenganathid or relative of...

Ancient Reptile Tracks - 315 MYO - Found in Canada
October 22 | BBC News UK
A slab covered with hundreds of fossil retile tracks has been discovered in New Brunswick, Canada. The tracks have...

Dinosaur Tracks in Bolivia
November 19 | Reuters
A farmer in Bolivia has admired some strange ground indentations near his home since he was a child. Now paleontologists...

Dinosaur Trove Found in Utah
June 19 | National Geographic News
Paleontologists have unearthed numerous dinosaur fossils near Hanksville, Utah. They have discovered at least seven dinosaurs, some freshwater clams, and...

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