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“A sea monster cemetery lies at the top of the world — an incredible grave site containing countless fossilized remains of huge marine predators from the Jurassic era.” Quoted from the National Geographic press release. Video is slow to load but worth the short wait.
Tags: afghanistan, geology, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, national-geographic, pennsylvania, video, waterAn Associated Press article reports on sea floor archeology of a 2000-year-old palace and temple complex used by Cleopatra offshore of Alexandria, Egypt. Although some excavation is being done, a lot of work employs techniques that allow mapping of ruins beneath sea floor sediment.
Tags: archaeology, climate-change, energy, Geology.com, massachusetts, mexico, michigan, national-geographic, virginia, washingtonThis National Geographic video gives a short glimpse at the extreme environments of Death Valley National Park and the diversity of organisms that can find water and survive there.
Tags: africa, archaeology, australia, canada, europe, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, geophysics, massachusetts, national-geographic, washington, waterA new species of raptor dinosaur, “Linheraptor exquisitus,” has been discovered in Inner Mongolia, China. The nearly complete skeleton is related to the well-known species “Velociraptor,” and will help scientists understand other related dinosaurs within the Dromaeosauridae family.
Tags: ads-by-google, china, dinosaurs, earth sciences, europe, fossils, geology-news, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, national-geographic, pennsylvania, university, virginiaA new fossil discovery was made in Tanzania of a dinosaur-like creature that lived about 10 million years before the first dinosaur. Characteristics of this animal suggests that the first dinosaur might have lived earlier than previously believed.
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