Fossils unearthed in China reveal that the insects were up to 10 times as large as modern fleas Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of giant Jurassic fleas that sucked the blood of ancient beasts more than 100m years ago. The oversized insects had long, serrated sucking tubes for piercing dinosaur hides, and used spines on their bodies […]
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Giant Jurassic fleas drank the blood of dinosaurs and pterosaurs
August 13th, 2012 
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No Comments »Mojoceratops: New dinosaur species named for flamboyant frill
August 13th, 2012 Riffin When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur’s appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops. “It was just a joke, but […]
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