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Car-Sized, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt
Car-Sized, Meat-Eating Dinosaur Could Run Faster Than Usain Bolt
A new analysis of fossil footprints suggests that the 2-meter-tall, 4- to 5-meter-long carnivores that left them could run nearly 45 kilometers per hour, bolstering the evidence that at least some dinosaurs were speedy, agile hunters.
A new analysis of fossil footprints suggests that the 2-meter-tall, 4- to 5-meter-long carnivores that left them could run nearly 45 kilometers per hour, bolstering the evidence that at least some dinosaurs were speedy, agile hunters.
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The Scientist and The Scientist Staff | Apr 12, 2018 | 1 min read
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Dinosaur Footprints Give Clues to Middle Jurassic
Ashley Yeager | Apr 3, 2018 | 2 min read
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