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Theropod Dinosaurs Were Good Swimmers

Source info:

Author: Will Baird
Date: 2013-04-08 20:28:00
Blog: The Dragon’s Tales
URL: http://thedragonstales.blogspot.com/2013/04/theropod-dinosaurs-were-good-swimmers.html

Summary:

A University of Alberta researcher has identified some of the strongest evidence ever found that dinosaurs could paddle long distances. Working together with an international research team, U of A graduate student Scott Persons examined unusual claw marks left on a river bottom in China that is known to have been a major travel-way for dinosaurs. Alongside easily identified fossilized

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
University of AlbertaCA53.525-113.525
River BottomUS35.6407-95.2319
ChinaCN36.8945104.166

Keywords:

Alberta researcher, Good Swimmers, graduate student Scott, international research team, long distances, major travel-way, paleobiology, Persons, river, strongest evidence, Theropod Dinosaurs, University, unusual claw marks

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