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70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Headline from Wyoming Tribune Eagle

A new dinosaur fossil at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was found buried hundreds of feet under the facility’s parking lot in January, making the herbivorous animal’s remains

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Denver science museum unearths rare dinosaur fossil under its parking lot (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    The Denver Museum of Nature and Science discovered a rare dinosaur bone when drilling beneath its own parking lot.

  2. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    DENVER — A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone discovery closer to home than anyone ever expected, under its own parking lot.

  3. New York Post

    Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot, Like ‘a hole in one from the moon.’ (opens New York Post)

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    A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone discovery closer to home than anyone ever expected, under its own parking lot.

  4. NBC News

    A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot (opens NBC News)

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    DENVER — A Denver museum known for its dinosaur displays has made a fossil bone discovery closer to home than anyone ever expected, under its own parking lot

  5. Fox News

    Museum discovers rare 67-million-year-old dinosaur bone under its own parking lot (opens Fox News)

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    Denver Museum of Nature and Science accidentally discovered a rare dinosaur fossil 750 feet beneath their parking lot while analyzing for geothermal heating systems.

  6. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Wyoming Tribune Eagle's feed description

    A new dinosaur fossil at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science was found buried hundreds of feet under the facility’s parking lot in January, making the herbivorous animal’s remains

  7. The Guardian

    Denver museum known for dinosaur displays finds fossil under its parking lot (opens The Guardian)

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    A hole drilled 750ft deep to study museum’s geothermal potential yielded an unexpected surprise

  8. The Hill

    Denver dino museum makes 'historically thrilling' discovery under own parking lot (opens The Hill)

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    The Denver Museum of Nature & Science announced on Wednesday that it discovered a nearly 70-million-year-old dinosaur fossil underneath its parking lot in City Park in January.

  9. Anchorage Daily News

    Science museum discovers dinosaur fossils hidden under its parking lot (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Scientists at a Denver museum stumbled onto the oldest and deepest-known dinosaur fossils unearthed in the city when drilling a test well for geothermal energy.

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