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[1] [2] [3] The Polish-Mongolian expeditions were notable for being led by women, some of whom were among the first women to name new dinosaurs. The fossils discovered in these expeditions shed new light on the interchange of fauna between Asia and North America during the Cretaceous period.
Known from three partial skeletons. The specific name, justinhofmanni, honors a six-year-old schoolboy who won a contest to have a dinosaur named after him Nevadadromeus: 2022 Willow Tank Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) United States ( Nevada) The first non-avian dinosaur described from Nevada Niobrarasaurus: 1995
While the dinosaurs' modern-day surviving avian lineage (birds) are generally small due to the constraints of flight, many prehistoric dinosaurs (non-avian and avian) were large-bodied—the largest sauropod dinosaurs are estimated to have reached lengths of 39.7 meters (130 feet) and heights of 18 m (59 ft) and were the largest land animals of ...
‘Chicxulub’ object seems to have come from out beyond Jupiter
The first astronauts originally from Britain, South Korea, and Iran were women, while there was a two-year gap in Russia from the first man in space on Vostok 1 to the first woman in space on Vostok 6. The time between the first American man and first American woman in space was 22 years between Freedom 7 and STS-7, respectively.
“For over 100 million years when dinosaurs were the dominant predators, mammals were generally small, nocturnal, and short-lived.” The pressure to stay alive eliminated the genes needed for ...
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A crater on the Moon was named after her, [78] as was one on Venus, where all features are named after women. [79] An asteroid, 3356 Resnik, was also named after her. [80] A memorial to Resnik and the rest of the crew of Challenger was dedicated in Seabrook, Texas, where she lived while stationed at the Johnson Space Center. [81]