Students' sharp eyes restore dinosaur's rightful name
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 07:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three graduate students in paleontology blew dust off dinosaur toes found in 1924 to discover that something didn't quite add up. After examining a few more fossilized bones, they concluded that a 1970s reclassification of the dinosaur's species was wrong, and that the original paleontologist had it right the first time around.