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Two large iguanodontian footprints with skin and claw impressions

‘Treasure trove’ of dinosaur footprints found in southern England

17 Dec 2018

More than 85 well-preserved dinosaur footprints – made by at least seven different species – have been uncovered in East Sussex, representing the...

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Filaments of Tortotubus

“A load of old rot”: fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified

02 Mar 2016

The earliest example of an organism living on land – an early type of fungus – has been identified. The organism, from 440 million years ago, likely...

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Deinonychus

Opinion: Six amazing dinosaur discoveries that changed the world

30 Nov 2015

David Norman (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences) discusses the fossil discoveries that really made a difference to science.

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