New fossils are redefining what makes a dinosaur

Defining what’s unique about these ‘fearfully great lizards’ gets harder with new finds

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BEASTLY BREAKOUT  Fossil finds have pushed aside old views of dinos, like the 1853 beasts in London's Crystal Palace Park (background). 

Nicolle Rager Fuller

“There’s a very faint dimple here,” Sterling Nesbitt says, holding up a palm-sized fossil to the light.