************************************************************** K12NewsLetters - From Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** From: "Roger Smith" <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:56:26 +1300 Subject: Old bones spur Imagination * Japan's oldest ant fossils * Texas Student Finds 100-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil * Pterosaurs Even Stranger Than Before Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. The FREE international Dinosaur webzine read in more than 80 countries each week. This Week's Headlines (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** Old bones spur kids' imagination Back in South Dakota, Larson, known in dinosaur circles as "the guy who dug up Sue," has a 2-year-old daughter who loves dinosaurs as much as he does ** Feature Site: The Dinosaur Trackers Research Group The Dinosaur Trackers Research Group was started almost 20 years ago by Professor Martin Lockley, and since that time students and faculty have been studying and collecting dinosaur tracks and other fossil footprints from Colorado and around the world ** Amateur finds Japan's oldest ant fossils The insects are preserved in pieces of amber, which were recovered from strata dating back as far as 85 million years, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture _______________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Send an email to: subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________ ** Horner will talk about dino hunt Horner said much of his talk will focus on the museum's discovery of two hadrosaurine (duck-billed dinosaur) skeletons on a farm north of Havre ** Texas Student Finds 100-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil University of Texas at Arlington student Phil Kirchhoff is credited with finding the remains of a duckbill dinosaur at an undisclosed location in Arlington, according to KXAS-TV in Dallas ** Pterosaurs Even Stranger Than Before New pterosaur fossils and studies are revealing just how unusual these huge, flying reptiles from the dinosaur era were ** Ancient, Lizard-Like Reptile Discovered A pair of Argentine paleontologists have discovered numerous 90-million-year-old fossils of a new type of sphenodontian?an ancient lizard-like reptile thought to have gone extinct about 120 million years ago except for a few relicts that live today in New Zealand, the tuatara ** The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Auction DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Apologies for any cross postings ** <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>