Gigantic fossil rodent discovered
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The fossilised skull of a one-tonne rodent - the largest ever discovered - is described by scientists.
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Scientists have found a 16-foot fossil of a new species of fish-like lizard that swam the seas 160 million years ago when dinosaurs ruled on land.
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall.
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The remains of a 230-million-old marine reptile with fangs and a long neck have been unearthed in southeast China. The creature&#39;s 1.7m-long neck was almost twice as long as its trunk which measured less than one metre in length.
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Villagers digging in China's rich fossil beds have uncovered the preserved remains of a tiny dinosaur in the belly of a mammal, a startling discovery for scientists who have long believed early mammals couldn't possibly attack and eat a dinosaur.
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An astonishing collection of fossil animals from southern Australia is reported by scientists.
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Scientists find the fossil of a giant penguin which lived 36 million years ago in the tropics of what is now Peru.
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A prehistoric neck bone found 12 years ago by amateur fossil hunters in Britain belongs to the biggest dinosaur ever discovered in the UK and possibly Europe, a report published in the Cretaceous Research Journal said today.
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Bones from the biggest dinosaur so far reported by scientists in Europe have been discovered in the Isle of Wight. A single neck bone from the 125 million to 130 million-year
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The remains of an enormous, flesh-eating dinosaur that roamed the Earth 70m years ago have been discovered in a remote region of Inner Mongolia.
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PITTSBURGH - Paleontologists are hailing the discovery by a first-year geology student of a new species of amphibian, a salamander-like creature that lived 300 million years ago.
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Two  reptile-like animals living 290 million years ago are the oldest creatures to have  their footprints positively identified after a fortuitous discovery  allowed scientists to match fossils to preserved trackways.
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The fossil of a big-eyed, fishlike reptile that lived 100 million years ago was discovered in a box that had been stashed away in a Canadian lab for 25 years.
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The scientific world has just been given an amazing new insight into the complexities of human evolution. A team of Indonesian and Australian scientists has discovered fossils of a new human
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A fossil dinosaur caught sleeping with its head tucked under its forearm has been discovered by Chinese scientists.
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Fossilized remains show the gigantic, birdlike dinosaur lived 70 million years ago and reached 26 feet in length.
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Paleontologists have discovered the fossil of a new species of tiny prehistoric flying reptile in northeastern China, a study released Monday said.