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The video thumbnail image shows an illustration of the bird dinosaur Longipteryx alongside two toy dinosaur figurines.
Dr. Jingmai O'Connor smiles and gestures toward a fossil of Archaeopteryx on display at the Field Museum, with exhibit text visible in the background.
Silhouette of a bird with outstretched wings holding a Hello, my name is ? badge, next to a set of four large, weathered bones on a dark background.
How were dinosaurs discovered?
Side-by-side illustration comparing a modern black-and-white bird on the left with a feathered dinosaur, Archaeopteryx, on the right, both with wings spread.
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The Lufengosaurus fossil: The oldest soft tissue ever found?
Lufengosaurus Dinosaur fossils found in Alberta, Canada.
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What did ancient animals REALLY eat?
Findings about a small bird have scientists rethinking dino diets.
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Archaeopteryx: The Holy Grail of Fossils
Archaeopteryx is the earliest known dinosaur that's also a bird.
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How to identify new species with just one bone
Hell Creek was home to T. rex, Triceratops, and now…these...
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How were dinosaurs discovered?
Learn about the history of people discovering fossils and the coining of the term...
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How Are Birds and Dinosaurs Related?
If some dinosaurs had feathers, does that make them birds?
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The Lufengosaurus fossil: The oldest soft tissue ever found?
Learn about what is believed to be the oldest soft tissue ever found, in a dinosaur...
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Do fossil fuels really come from fossils?
Learn more about the origins of fossil fuels.
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The geologic history of the Grand Canyon
The paleontology of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.
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Fossilized footprint of an unidentified dinosaur.
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Fossil of a dinosaur in the Lufengosaurus genus lying where it was unearthed...
Robert Reisz
Lufengosaurus
A cross section showing preserved collagen in a vascular canal of a rib of Lufengosaurus,...
Robert Reisz
Dinosaur fossils found in Alberta, Canada.
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Dragonfly fossil
Fossil dragonfly, a form dating to the Late Jurassic Period.
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Fossilized fern leaf.
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Fossilized leaf.
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Figure 2: Trackways of a sauropod and a carnivorous theropod at Glen Rose, Texas.Courtesy,...
Courtesy, Library Services Department, American Museum of Natural History, New York City; photograph, R.T. Bird (Neg. No. 324393)
fossil-containing strata
Fossils help geologists establish the ages of layers of rock. In this diagram, sections...
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Major dinosaur fossil sites
Distributed on all continents, more than 1,000 different sites containing dinosaur...
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