Posted on 11/04/2015 12:41:20 PM PST by sparklite2
The remains of an ostrich-like creature with preserved feathers and soft tissue is shedding light on how dinosaurs used their plumage and further strengthens the linkages between these ancient beasts and modern birds.
A paleontology student at the University of Alberta discovered the 75 million-year-old skeleton of an Ornithomimus dinosaur in the Upper Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta - one of only three feathered specimens found in the world. And while the feathers on the specimen were crushed, the researchers were surprised to see how similar they were to modern ostriches or emus.
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The “hick from French Lick” went on to coach an NBA team.
Really? I think this is just another large bird and that is what it is. How man did they find?
I don’t know. Apparently this is a dinosaur “park” filled with fossils. The person to ask is maybe Alberta’s Child.
Shows how much attention I pay to Bassetball.
'I think I wanna be active,' said Bird. 'What I might do, though, is git in shape, git outta shape, then git in shape again. I won't do it like I used to, though. It's gittin' tougher. Three years ago I could lose fifteen pounds like nuthin'. Now? I don't know if I could.' He had put on a few pounds when he was out of action, but he wasn't sure how many. 'I was so bored, I'd set around the house, drive my wife crazy, and eat and eat. In two and a half weeks I was off I ate ten gallons of ice cream and seven weddin' cakes. Why them? I ate weddin' cakes 'cause you knew they was gonna be good. I mean, who would [eff] up a weddin' cake?'"
it is just a bird, but the religion of evolutionism requires, every few months or so, something else to be the latest and greatest ‘missing link’ of sorts, even though they are not....
more just so stories and hand-waving from the worshippers at the altar of darwin...pretty sad really.
That answers why he never took the Jordan route to ongoing fame.
If it is dead, how can it flaunt anything?
Fascinating story. I’m familiar with the area but don’t know much about the fossil history there.
Wow, there’s one designed by committee. :’)
Terrible Chicken
i guess i missed it but what precisely does the Bible say about a birdlike dinosaur?
Leg Feathers?
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