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VIDEO WEBCAST
Originally broadcast live on February 26, 2004
A LOST WORLD: TWO PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DINOSAURS DISCOVERED IN
ANTARCTICA
Arlington, Va.-- The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites members
of the news media to hear about the discoveries of fossils of two dinosaurs
believed to be new to science. Against
incredible odds, researchers working in separate sites, thousands of miles
apart in Antarctica recently found what they believe are the fossilized
remains of an early plant-eating dinosaur and a
meat-eater related to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Of the two finds-which
were made less than a week apart-the plant-eating beast would have lived
many millions of years before the carnivore ever existed.
NSF-funded scientists
from universities in California, South Dakota, and Illinois, whose research
was supported by the U.S. Antarctic Program, will describe the highly
unusual circumstances
involved in making their finds and the significance of the finds to other
dinosaur research.
NSF is an independent
federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across
all fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of nearly
$6 billion. NSF manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, which coordinates
almost all U.S. research on the southernmost continent and in the surrounding
oceans.
Participants:
Judd Case, Dean of Science and Professor of Biology, Saint
Mary's College of California
James E. Martin, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Museum
of Geology, South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology
William
Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Endowed Chair of Geology, Augustana College,
Illinois
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