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Double - clawed Raptor unearthed in Romania.
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A new species of the therizinosaur Nothronychus , N. graffami , is announced.
A new theropod from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco , Kemkemia , is described.
Trace fossils of dinosaur burrows found in Victoria, Australia are described in the journal Cretaceous Research .
Armadillosuchus , an armored crocodylomorph from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil , is described in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences .
Three new Australian dinosaurs are described in the online journal PLoS ONE , Australovenator , Diamantinasaurus , and Wintonotitan .
The discovery of Ganlea megacania is announced and may provide clues as to how some primates relate to each other.
Joan Wiffen , who found the first dinosaur bones in New Zealand and was a recipient of the Morris Skinner Award from SVP has died at age 87.
A recent review of the dinosaur genus Saurornithoides has determined that one species, S. junior , is lacking and has been assigned to the new genus Zanabazar .
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A new study that analyzed the teeth of the hadrosaur Edmontosaurus suggests that hadrosaurs were more likely to graze on low-growing, silica-rich plants than on tall bushes.
The description of Megapiranha , the giant 3 foot long transitional piranha , is announced in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology .
The largest allosauroid theropod tooth is described by paleontologists in Spain .
Chinese paleontologist Zhai Renjie dies from complications due to blood vessel tumors on June 22. He was 77.
The discovery of the new Late Jurassic herbivorous ceratosaur from China , Limusaurus (pictured) is announced in the journal Nature .
A new species of Psittacosaurus , Psittacosaurus gobiensis , is announced.
Fossilized teeth of Anchitherium , a three-toed browsing horse , are discovered in Panama Canal sediments.
Anoiapithecus brevirostris , is a newly described 12 million year old hominid that had modern facial features.
A new paper published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica suggests that sauropods kept their heads up high, not horizontally.
A new extinct lemur species is discovered in Madagascar .
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