Dinosaurs survived extinction for another 500,000 years in a remote 'Lost World'

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	Dinosaurs survived extinction for another 500,000 years in a remote 'Lost World'

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5-3-2009 9:31 PM

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5-3-2009 10:42 PM

chestnut501

This explains why so many dinosaur bones are being found in these places.

5-4-2009 5:02 AM

merrie

David Polly, editor of Palaeontologia Electronica, said the scenario of humans and dinosaurs existing together still belongs in the "realms of fantasy".

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New evidence suggests an "isolated community" escaped annihilation 
  and lived on a rocky, desert plateau in North America.
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Until now, palaeontologists widely believed the creatures were wiped out 65 
  million years ago when an asteroid collided with Earth.
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But now experts say a "pocket" of dinosaurs survived and roamed a 
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Carbon dating of newly-discovered bones in the San Juan Basin proves that 
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The discovery, published this week in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica, 
  has been hailed as one of the most important breakthroughs in palaeontology 
  this century.
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