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Tiniest Dinosaur in North America Found
nationalgeographic ^
| October 21, 2009
Posted on 10/25/2009 5:09:26 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The tiniest dinosaur in North America weighed less than a teacup Chihuahua, a new study says.
Seen above as an artist's reconstruction in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in California, the agile Fruitadens haagarorum was just 28 inches (70 centimeters) long and weighed less than two pounds (one kilogram).
The diminutive dinosaur likely darted among the legs of larger plant-eaters such as Brachiosaurus and predators such as Allosaurus about 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period.
Parts of the skulls, vertebrae, arms, and legs from four F. haagarorum specimens were found in the 1970s in Colorado and later stored at the Natural History Museum.
A recent analysis of the fossil leg bones showed not only that the dinosaur is a new species but that the largest of the specimens are full-grown adults.
The discovery knocks Albertonykus borealis, a chicken-size dinosaur identified in 2008, off its pedestal as the tiniest North American dinosaur.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: dinosaur; godsgravesglyphs; jpb
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To: JoeProBono
That ain’t no dinosaur, it’s a lizard!
They’ve been pwned.
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:12:43 PM PDT
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ozark hilljilly
((My tagline has gone to bed.))
To: JoeProBono
It was probably annoying as all heck also.
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:19:11 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: ozark hilljilly
The guys probably making $200,000 a year....
To: ozark hilljilly; JoeProBono
I thought they were the stood up ones with the Fonz style thumbs?
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:20:36 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: ozark hilljilly
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:22:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: ozark hilljilly
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:23:06 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:24:09 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:24:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:27:13 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Ditter
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:28:29 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
“Jesus loves the little raptors,
All the raptors in the world.
Short and scaly, brown and green
Doesn’t matter where they’ve been.
Jesus loves the little raptors of the world.”
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:30:59 PM PDT
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ozark hilljilly
((My tagline has gone to bed.))
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:30:59 PM PDT
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decimon
To: ozark hilljilly
Tiny dinosaur linked by evolution to today’s Democrat.
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:32:54 PM PDT
by
Ge0ffrey
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:32:57 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That is a little better but still not totally believable. My dogs would kill it.
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10/25/2009 5:35:33 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: Cailleach
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posted on
10/25/2009 5:35:56 PM PDT
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kalee
(01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
To: JoeProBono
I think many fo the members of congress may be descended from this dino, and inherited it’s “pea-sized” brain.
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10/25/2009 5:36:19 PM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
(FUBO - When 0bama Fails, Freedom Prevails!)
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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10/25/2009 5:38:17 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: SunkenCiv; Daffynition
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10/25/2009 5:40:35 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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