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                                 'Strangest' dinosaur Spicomellus covered in spiked armory: scientists
                              

                           
                           


                           

                              
                              
'Strangest' dinosaur Spicomellus covered in spiked armory: scientists


                              

                                 August 29, 2025 - 1:25pm                              


                                                            
Newly discovered remains have helped scientists form a clearer picture of the unusual dinosaur Spicomellus.


                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 What does a submerged Philippines look like? Newly discovered gastropod fossil could hold answers
                              

                           
                           


                           

                              
                              
What does a submerged Philippines look like? Newly discovered gastropod fossil could hold answers


                              

                                 By Cristina Chi | September 29, 2023 - 6:11pm                              


                                                            
Potentially the “first and oldest” fossil record of its kind in the country, this new discovery by geologists...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 Dinosaur skeleton, believed to be biggest in Europe, unearthed in Portugal
                              

                           
                           


                           

                              
                              
Dinosaur skeleton, believed to be biggest in Europe, unearthed in Portugal


                              

                                 August 30, 2022 - 7:27am                              


                                                            
Palaeontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in ...

                                                         


      

         

            
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                                 By STAR SCIENCE By Marietta M. De Leon, Ph.D. | July 14, 2005 - 12:00am                              


                                                            
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