dinosaur
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The mixture of satisfaction, excitement and sheer bewilderment that Neill wore in the first dinosaur scene in “Jurassic Park” was so effective that it made viewers feel like they, too, were witnessing something beyond imagination.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
To identify the predator, the researchers compared the embedded tooth with those of every known meat eating dinosaur from the Hell Creek Formation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s an auction record for a fossilized dinosaur skeleton, beating the $44.6 million that Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin paid two years ago for Apex, a 150-million-year old Stegosaurus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold Tuesday for $50.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction after a 10-minute battle between seven bidders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
My mind was a couple of hours ahead on the dinosaur poop gag we were about to play on the scientists’ office at the strip mall.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Other damaged bones may have been bitten by different predators or scavengers living in the region at the time, including other carnivorous dinosaurs and crocodilians.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The CSA warned the incident shows that AI "agents... find a way" - a reference to the film Jurassic Park, where dinosaurs escape their enclosures.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
This prehistoric creature has survived ice ages, the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, and continental drift.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The researchers note that their models did not include every structure that would have affected how the dinosaurs stood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
He thus missed the chance, half a century ahead of anyone else, to be the discoverer of dinosaurs.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Tyrannosaurus Lex(icon)
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