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New Analyses Of Dinosaur Growth May Wipe Out One-third Of Species

Capt'n Midnight · 2009-11-01 23:28:48

OMG another mass extinction :eek: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091031002314.htm

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OMG another mass extinction :eek:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091031002314.htm

Unlike the original dinosaur die-off at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago, this loss of species is the result of a sustained effort by paleontologists to collect a full range of dinosaur fossils -- not just the big ones. Their work has provided dinosaur specimens of various ages, allowing computed tomography (CT) scans and tissue study of the growth stages of dinosaurs.

In fact, Horner suggests that one-third of all named dinosaur species may never have existed, but are merely different stages in the growth of other known dinosaurs.

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