Dinosaur
‘Dueling dinos’ set off a long legal battle and a scientific debate
In 2006, an amateur fossil hunter made an unprecedented find: two dinosaurs fossilized while apparently locked in battle. A court case followed over mineral versus surface rights, bringing into question the future of fossil discovery in the US.
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About sixty-five million years ago, back in the Mesozoic Age, it’s believed that a huge asteroid hit the earth. One theory holds that its impact kicked up a massive dust cloud which blotted out the sun and chilled the planet’s surface killing off the dinosaurs and many other organisms. Today, according to a new, major […]