Sentences with phrase «led by dinosaur»

Paleontologists led by dinosaur curator Peter Makovichy of Chicago's Field Museum found the nearly complete skeleton of a 90 million - year - old, surprisingly bird - like dinosaur in the sandstone of Argentina's northern Patagonia, about 700 miles southwest of Buenos Aires.

Not exact matches

Akognon led the Chinese Basketball Association in scoring each of the past two seasons with the Liaoning Dinosaurs, but the Mavericks needed the $ 600,000 in cap space created by waiving him and second - year big man Bernard James in order to complete the Monta Ellis signing, writes ESPN Dallas» Tim McMahon.

As a child, Taylor was fascinated by dinosaurs, but his fascination with computers distracted him and led to a degree in mathematics and a programming career.

The Dinosaur Renaissance The team, based near Bridger, Mont., and led by John Ostrom, found numerous fossils of an animal he would later name Deinonychus antirrhopus.

A new study from the University of Bristol, led by Masters of Palaeobiology student Eddy Strickson, has presented clear evidence about how plant - eating dinosaurs evolved.

A team led by experts at Cardiff University has provided new evidence to explain why deep sea creatures were able to survive the catastrophic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65m years ago.

The international research team that described the plant - eating dinosaur was led by a scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature.

The transformation can be stopped by experimental inhibition of Indian Hedgehog (IHH), a bone maturation gene, which leads to a bird with a dinosaur - like fibula (lower right).

A study of the fossil, led by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, suggests that following the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana in the middle of the Cretaceous period, a distinct dinosaur fauna evolved in Africa.

It also caused a decrease in precipitation by approximately 70 - 85 percent on land and a decrease of approximately 5 - 7 °C in seawater temperature at a 50 - m water depth, leading to mass extinction of life forms including dinosaurs and ammonites.

A team led by Xing Xu at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing used computer software to examine evolutionary relationships among early birds and related dinosaurs, based on 374 skeletal characteristics.

In the 1980s a team led by Jack Horner of Montana State University discovered fossils of adult and baby dinosaurs in the same sites, which suggested the parents were taking care of their hatchlings.

A team of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh (UK) and including Swarthmore College Associate Professor of Statistics Steve C. Wang, examined the evolutionary links between ancient birds and their closest dinosaur relatives.

An international team, led by scientists at Oxford University and the Royal Ontario Museum, estimated the body mass of 426 dinosaur species based on the thickness of their leg bones.

One study, led by Mary Schweitzer, a paleontologist from North Carolina State University in Raleigh who has chased dinosaur proteins for decades, confirms her highly controversial claim to have recovered 80 - million - year - old dinosaur collagen.

The Canada - Taiwan research team, led by Reisz, used the synchrotron at the Taiwanese National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre to find the substance in place, known as collagen type I, preserved within the tiny vascular canals of the rib where blood vessels and blood would be in the living dinosaur.

New research, led by the University of Southampton, has questioned the role played by ocean acidification, produced by the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, in the extinction of ammonites and other planktonic calcifiers 66 million years ago.

The delightfully ridiculous stop - motion animation dinosaurs led by David Allen are hilarious!

Take the scene early on in which the film's heroes — an all - female government expedition, led by biologist Lena (Natalie Portman), tasked with exploring a quarantined zone known only as «Area X» — encounter a mutated alligator large enough to be mistaken for a small dinosaur, surreal enough to be a mass hallucination.

Dinosaur 13 benefits from such an unusual subject matter, but while legal battles lead to unexpected (and shocking) places, Miller digs up the personal struggle faced by Larson and his team; this is an emotional as well as a factual excavation.

of dinosaur toys, led by Reptillus Maximus (voiced by Kevin McKidd), who believe that they are real, much like Buzz did at the beginning of the first installment (1995).

Dinosaur feels most like a western when Arlo and Spot meet a family of t - rex buffalo herders, led by a grizzly, slow - talkin» patriarch, played by the most popular cowboy thesp of the moment, Sam Elliott (the designers cleverly fashion the characters» top teeth to resemble the actor's signature snowy «stache).

Though the film spends a lot of time building the relationship between Arlo and Spot (who only speaks in grunts and growls), «The Good Dinosaur» is at its best when Arlo has others to interact with, including a ferocious group of pterodactyls and a family of cattle - herding Tyrannosaurus rex (led by Sam Elliot, of course).

Owen, played by Chris Pratt, and Claire, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, must in turn lead a campaign in order to rescue the remaining dinosaurs.

Joined by children's author and illustrator Paul Stickland — Dinosaur Roar, Swamp Stomp — and leading Canadian tech blogger Dean Shareski, the teachers discovered how new media and technology can trigger children's interest in story - making, and improve learning outcomes for EAL and SEN pupils.

Even when you have all of the best gear in the game, you will always be aware that any mistake in combat could lead to you being mauled by a giant mechanic dinosaur.

Led by a very Jabba the Hutt looking leader, they use a heady mixture of dinosaurs and sorcery to win the day.

By Pamela Owen Dinosaurs may be partly to blame for a change in climate because they created so much flatulence, according to leading scientists.