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Early-bird dinosaur found in New Mexico
Guardian ^
| 12/10/09
| Ian Sample
Posted on 12/10/2009 11:32:45 AM PST by LibWhacker
Palaeontologists delighted to discover 213m-year-old remains of feathered meat-eater that retain intact air sacs in their bones
The remains of a two-legged meat-eating predator that roamed the Earth at the dawn of dinosaurs have been uncovered in an ancient bone bed by fossil hunters.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bird; dinosaur; godsgravesglyphs; palaeontology; tawahallae
To: LibWhacker
Early-bird dinosaur found in New MexicoDid they find any worm fossils there too?
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:37:40 AM PST
by
fhayek
To: LibWhacker
The animals' remains are in such good condition palaeontologists suspect they were buried very soon after dying. Examination of the fossils revealed air-filled sacs in the bones, a feature that links the dinosaurs with the evolution of birds much later. "When we saw them, our jaws dropped. A lot of these theropods have really hollow bones, so when they get preserved, they get really crunched. But these were in almost perfect condition," Nesbitt said.
NEAT!
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:43:21 AM PST
by
IronKros
(Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ~Adam Smith, The Wealth)
To: fhayek
I doubt it. I heard the early-bird got it.
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:43:44 AM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: fhayek
213m-year-old remains And precisely why didn't the air 'sacs' in the bones fill in for 213 Million Years while underground??
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:43:49 AM PST
by
sr4402
To: sr4402
Because the great flood... changed... stuff...
I don’t know.
A god probably had some plan we don’t understand about dinosaur air bubbles.
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:51:44 AM PST
by
IronKros
(Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition. ~Adam Smith, The Wealth)
To: LibWhacker
How do they know that this dinosaur was in the habit of getting up early in the morning?
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posted on
12/10/2009 11:57:01 AM PST
by
Reaganesque
("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
To: IronKros
Maybe God wanted to save some hot air for Al Gore?
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posted on
12/10/2009 12:17:45 PM PST
by
sr4402
To: LibWhacker
The animals' remains are in such good condition palaeontologists suspect they were buried very soon after dying.
Jewish dinosaurs?
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posted on
12/10/2009 12:18:31 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: LibWhacker
![](http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-NM-Misc/LasCrucesRoadRunner.jpg)
They're still here.
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posted on
12/10/2009 12:22:48 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Live jubtabulously!)
To: LibWhacker
The earliest known creature to have tasted like chicken.
To: Tijeras_Slim
LOL Yes, they are still here and I see them sometimes...in broad daylight!
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posted on
12/10/2009 4:43:56 PM PST
by
JouleZ
(You are the company you keep.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
That bird looks like he just ran through a barbecue pit or something.
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posted on
12/10/2009 6:18:06 PM PST
by
LibWhacker
(America awake!)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
03/02/2010 3:26:46 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
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