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Death Trap

Caption: While approaching the edge of a lake in what is today the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia, a herd of young Sinornithomimus dinosaurs suddenly finds itself hopelessly trapped in mud some 90 million years ago.

Credit: Art by Todd Marshall, courtesy of Project Exploration

Usage Restrictions: This image may be used by news organizations in reports stemming from the U. of Chicago/National Geographic Society news release of March 16, 2009, regarding Paul Sereno's paleontological research.

Related news release: Young dinosaurs roamed together, died together