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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada. Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was a speedy runner. Approximately 1.6 m (5 ft) ...
McDonalds Gives Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey Free Food For A Year

McDonald's has offered Cleveland kidnapping hero Charles Ramsey free food for a year. "We can confirm that the local owner-operators of the McDonald’s restaurants in Mr. Ramsey’s neighborhood have connected with him and offered complimentary McDonald’s food for the next year," spokesperson Heidi Barker revealed to Business Insider in an email. The fast food ...
Browns QB Weeden to help with Oklahoma tornado

BEREA -- Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden is heading home to Oklahoma to help anyway he can in the aftermath of the deadly tornado. Weeden said his wife, Melanie, has family in Moore, Okla., where the tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes. Weeden said none of her family members were injured and he's eager to "just to do my part" with the cleanup. Weeden has ...
Canada’s YOW rides to Cleveland Memorial Day weekend

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Montefiore to celebrate 131 years at annual meeting

Montefiore will celebrate "131 Years of Reaching New Heights" at its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Maltz Auditorium at Montefiore, 1 David N. Myers Parkway in ...

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‘Fill the Air’ fundraiser set

"Fill the Air with Hope," a fundraiser in memory of Mike Gottlieb will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at Eton Chagrin Boulevard at 28601 Chagrin Blvd. in ...
War veterans to honor Feren

The Jewish War Veterans Post 44 will honor Maury Feren of Cleveland Heights during a luncheon Sunday, May 19 at the Mayfield Community Center in Mayfield Heights. Feren will be recognized for receiving the French Legion of Honor for is extraordinary bravery in liberating France during World War ...
Cleveland restaurants offer kidnapping hero free burgers — for life

CLEVELAND -- The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his ...
Rolling Stones exhibit opening in Cleveland

CLEVELAND -- Over the years, curators at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum have occasionally had trouble coaxing reluctant stars to help put together major exhibitions. Not so with members of The Rolling Stones, who made time in their packed anniversary schedule to help."Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction," opening Friday and running through March 2014, covers two floors ...
Cleveland Cavaliers Claim Top Draft Pick

HOUSTON (CBS Houston) The Cleveland Cavaliers claimed the No. 1 overall pick at the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday night. Tuesday’s top seed for Cleveland marks the second time in three years that the team has won the lottery; point guard Kyrie Irving was their top selection in 2011. Although the Orlando Magic entered the lottery with the best chances of securing the top pick, they ...

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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was a speedy runner. Approximately 1.6 m (5 ft) long, it weighed about 16 kg (30 lbs), comparable to a large turkey.

Albertadromeus lived in what is now southern Alberta in the Late Cretaceous, about 77 million years ago.

Albertadromeus syntarsus means "Alberta runner with fused foot bones". Unlike its much larger ornithopod cousins, the duckbilled dinosaurs, its two fused lower leg bones would have made it a fast, agile two-legged runner. This animal is the smallest known plant-eating dinosaur in its ecosystem, and researchers hypothesize that it used its speed to avoid predation by the many species of meat-eating dinosaurs that lived at the same time.

Albertadromeus was discovered in 2009 by study co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum as part an on-going collaboration with Michael Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to investigate the evolution of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of North America. ...