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Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula, forming the Chicxulub crater

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Chicxulub: The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago

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Sun-blocking dust from asteroid impact drove the dinosaur extinction

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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The best science fiction movies about dinosaurs, by a palaeontologist

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Minimocursor phunoiensis was discovered in Thailand

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Newly discovered dinosaur roamed South-East Asia 200 million years ago

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Amazing fossil hints mammals hunted dinosaurs three times their size

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Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

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Prehistoric Planet 2 review: Attenborough returns to ancient Earth

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Amber fragment with feather portions and beetle larval moults

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Amber fossils reveal dinosaurs and beetles had symbiotic relationship

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A Tyrannosaurus rex eats a juvenile Edmontosaurus

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T. rex’s terrifying teeth would have been hidden behind scaly lips

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Longest dinosaur neck on record was six times longer than a giraffe's

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Longest dinosaur neck on record was six times longer than a giraffe's

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Fossil dinosaur egg

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Treasure trove of fossil eggs hints titanosaurs nested in colonies

A study of more than 250 fossil eggs found in India suggests long-necked titanosaurs nested in large groups, but left hatchlings to fend for themselves

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Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as an ancient nursery

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Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

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Rare fossil reveals 'destroyer of shins' dinosaurs fought each other

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How did so many giant meat-eating dinosaurs co-exist in the Jurassic?

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