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Friday, March 19, 2010

Photo: A Third of Dinosaur Species Never Existed?


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Many fossils of young dinosaurs, including T. rex relatives (above, a computer-generated image of a young T. rex), have been misidentified as unique species, paleontologists said in October 2009.

That means up to a third of all dinosaur species may have never existed, experts say.

Photograph © NGC