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"Astoundingly huge" dinosaur skeleton unearthed in Argentina
CBS News ^
| September 4, 2014
| Agata Blaszczak-Boxe
Posted on 09/04/2014 11:29:26 AM PDT by EveningStar
Scientists have unearthed the skeleton of a previously unknown, massive dinosaur species that may be the largest land animal ever found.
The specimen named Dreadnoughtus schrani is exceptionally complete, with about 70 percent of its bones recovered. Scientists believe the creature, which lived about 77 million years ago, measured 85 feet (26 meters) long and weighed about 65 tons, heavier than a Boeing 737.
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TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: argentina; dinosaur; dinosaurs; dreadnoughtusschrani; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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To: EveningStar
"What wiped out the dinosaurs? Film at 11."
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:33:03 AM PDT
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy; Tax-chick
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:34:11 AM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. Doggies Rock.)
To: EveningStar
Got BBQ sauce?
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:35:07 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: EveningStar
Had to be a LOT of CO2 in the air to support the amount of plant life needed to support such a giant creature....
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:35:48 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Recognize that Dino...used to work there.
To: EveningStar
I shot one of these things years ago.
I had no way to dress out such a large beast and left it next to a group of dead unicorns...
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:43:32 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Those pink vultures can strip a carcass bare in mere minutes.
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:46:03 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: EveningStar
Artist's conception of what the creature looked like.
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:48:01 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: GraceG
Had to be a LOT of CO2 in the air to support the amount of plant life needed to support such a giant creature.... I know what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, it was the liberal and gaia worshiping dinos that forced everyone to cut their C02 emissions and they destroyed their food source.
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:50:55 AM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: EveningStar
A long time ago when the earth was green there were more kinds of animals you have never seen? I guess there just wasn’t enough room on that ark to fit them all in? I’m sure there are many more unknown species to find, keep digging. I’d be even more interested if one is found with a saddle.
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posted on
09/04/2014 11:52:55 AM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(Hillary or Warren 2016! Why? Just to have a woman for Historical Purpose?? At least pick a looker!)
To: GraceG
Had to be a LOT of CO2 in the air to support the amount of plant life needed to support such a giant creature.... It's a real shame too. Once Dick Cheney's Haliburton started selling oil for cars global warming kicked in, and of course that's what killed off all the dinosaurs.
To: RightGeek
The direct descent is TO the Genus Pan, not from dinosaurs.
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:00:47 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: EveningStar
measured 85 feet (26 meters) long and weighed about 65 tons A walking whale.
It had to be pushing the size limit of what's possible on land from the anatomical physics alone.
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:11:01 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: EveningStar
The specimen named Dreadnoughtus schrani is exceptionally complete, with about 70 percent of its bones recovered. Scientists believe the creature, which lived about 77 million years ago, measured 85 feet (26 meters) long and weighed about 65 tons, heavier than a Boeing 737.I was hoping for a larger predator!
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:17:41 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: moose07
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:18:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Alex Murphy
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:24:34 PM PDT
by
keat
To: Bringbackthedraft
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:28:56 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: The Cajun
He could have the Brazilian rain forest for a lunch salad
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:29:30 PM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
09/04/2014 12:42:22 PM PDT
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box then 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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