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Dinosaurs sprinted across the planet
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8-21-2007 10:17 PM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2011671.htm"><DIV align="left" class="byline">Michael Kahn</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2011671.htm"><DIV>The smallest dinosaur could reach speeds of about 60 kilometres per hour and even the lumbering <I>Tyrannosaurus rex</I> would have been able to outrun most modern sportsmen, according to new research.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2011671.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/BB0C0485-027C-4AB7-B21E-A98416368074" alt="life-size replica of T-rex" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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