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Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

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Scientists reveal Tongnanlong zhimingi, a giant dinosaur from the late Jurassic period in China that reached up to ...

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