Posted on 09/21/2007 8:48:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A dinosaur creche has been found entombed in the volcanic debris that engulfed it on a hillside 123 million years ago. Six young Psittacosaurus, all less than three years old, died side by side. It is the earliest known dinosaur nursery... Paul Barrett, of the Natural History Museum in London, one of the researchers, said that the fossilised juveniles appeared to have formed a creche but it was impossible to be sure if they were part of a larger herd or if they grouped together for protection. "This is the first time we've found a group of these dinosaurs together. For at least the first few years of life it looks like they stuck together. It answers the chicken-or-egg question of whether the social behaviour or the horns and frills came first," he said. The fossils were found near the village of Lui Tai near Yixian in Liaoning province, China.
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This a well-known photo of a fossilized combination burrito plate, made from burritosauruses, rice, and beanosauruses. It was probably made in the early Quesadillan era, where similar constructs have been found, alacartus, without the rice and beanosaurus sides.
sure, but life is full of unexpected twists... even in creche form.
>>crèche. There, that’s better.<<
Interesting. I had no idea that crèche meant anything other than a Christmas display of the manger with baby Jesus.
Are we talking about Ted Kennedy?
That reminds me of the old cartoon with the sea monster - “Beano & Cecil”...
Nest: the place in which the eggs of animals, as insects, turtles, etc., are laid and hatched; a snug place in which young animals are reared.
a creche suggests the young are juveniles of various ages and parents. Nest however indicates siblings.
therefor (IMO) the article attributes behaviour that has not been substantiated.
LOL bump!
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The Star of the East has an alternate meaning from the 20th century.
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