First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur
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"First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Smithsonian Magazine, Phys.org, IFLScience and ZME Science. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (7)
- A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · 14h ago
- A Fossil From Antarctica Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. It Turned Out to Be the First Dinosaur Bone Ever Found on the Continent Smithsonian Magazine · 14h ago
- First ever dinosaur found in Antarctica described for science Phys.org · 14h ago
- First Dinosaur Fossil Ever Found In Antarctica Is From A Titanosaur, The Largest Dinosaurs To Walk On Earth IFLScience · 14h ago
- This Fossil Sat in Storage for 40 Years Before Scientists Realized It Was Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Bone ZME Science · 14h ago
- First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer BBC · 14h ago
- First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur Natural History Museum · 14h ago
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