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Paleontology News

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  Our Fascination with Dinosaurs and Other Fossils

  September 15, 2009

  Similar to the fossils they study, it took some time for David Bottjer, professor of earth and biological sciences in USC College, and Luis Chiappe, director and curator of the National History Museum, to establish the… more>

  categories: research

  tags: biological science, dinosaurs, earth science, fossils, museum, natural sciences, paleontology

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  USC College Paleontologist in Scientific American

  August 1, 2005

  David Bottjer writes about the discovery of rare fossils in China By Pamela J. Johnson August 2005 They were the width of a few hairs pressed together, but the microscopic fossils discovered in China were enormous in their… more>

  categories: research

  tags: china, fossils, paleontology, professor