Denver paleontologist finds new dinosaur species

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DENVER (AP) — A curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science says he has found fossilized bones of a new dinosaur species in a Madagascar cliff.

Joseph Sertich, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the museum, tells The Denver Post (http://bit.ly/ZHqW3U ) he excavated the vertebrae and ribs of Dahalokely tokana (“dah-HAH-loo-KAY-lee too-KAH-nah”) near the city of Antsiranana in 2007 and 2010.

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