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Perfect fossil could be most complete dinosaur ever
New Scientists ^
| 13 October 2011
| Jeff Hecht
Posted on 10/16/2011 7:07:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Dinosaur fossils don't come much more impressive than this. With 98 per cent of its skeleton preserved, this young predatory theropod from southern Germany may be the most complete dinosaur ever found. Oliver Rauhut, curator of the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology in Munich, announced the find yesterday.
Although Chinese bird and dinosaur fossils are famed for delicate details such as their feathers, they don't match this 72-centimetre-long theropod in terms of clarity and completeness of preservation.
The young dinosaur has been dated at 135 million years old, putting it in the early Cretaceous, but it has yet to be named and described formally. It will go on show to the public at the Munich Mineral show, which starts on 27 October.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: cretaceous; dinosaur; dinosaurs; evolution; fossils; geology; germany; godsgravesglyphs; mesozoic; paleontology; theropod; youngearthdelusions
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To: muir_redwoods
"Not the least bit of sense, but thanks for trying." Said the guy who uses logical fallacy as argument...
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posted on
10/16/2011 8:57:31 AM PDT
by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: muir_redwoods
Outside space and time the designer has no need of having been designed.
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posted on
10/16/2011 9:07:39 AM PDT
by
onedoug
(lf)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/16/2011 9:07:49 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
"The ex cathedra claim that a designer is required is also a priori, and by that standard has nothing to do with logic." Unfortunately, you have violated your own standard. You have assumed a designer for that post 'ex cathedra' and 'a priori' and therefore without logic. On what basis did you do that and why would it not also apply to your claim above?
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posted on
10/16/2011 9:09:11 AM PDT
by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: SunkenCiv
" it has yet to be named and described formally." I suggest "Buster."
To: JoeProBono
Well, it appears to have been a male, lol. In the spirit of marketing this thing, I suggest a cute sort of “pet” name reminiscent of popular tv shows, maybe Scooby. That would provide a nice tie in to a variety of pet products, not just Milkbones.
To: Daffynition
The bone beneath the jaw appears to be a hyoid apparatus. The one encircled beneath the pelvis is the ischium.
To: Daffynition
“I have a bone to pick with youse two guyz...WTH is that?”
Nylon Chew Toy.
To: SunkenCiv
I don’t know what all the arguing is about. That is just a beautiful dinosaur. I’ve never seen anything like it. Look at that spinal column! Breathtaking! It is much easier to relate to than the giant ones you see in the big museums.
I think I’d call him Baby.
To: Texas Songwriter
Sow you say. What kind of a mother sends her kid out without a jacket?
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posted on
10/16/2011 10:50:58 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: JoeProBono
LOL...how long have you been at this Mr. Bono?
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posted on
10/16/2011 10:54:37 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
To: GourmetDan
Said the guy who can't answer the question logically and brands the question itself a fallacy
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posted on
10/16/2011 2:19:15 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
To: onedoug
"Outside space and time the designer has no need of having been designed."You know this, factually, how?
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10/16/2011 2:52:24 PM PDT
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muir_redwoods
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
To: JoeProBono
It must be a strange boner....
To: GourmetDan
What you’re saying there makes absolutely no sense.
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10/16/2011 5:15:15 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SkyPilot
How can the subject of God as the creator be "ex cathedra" when God is expressed in the affirmative, but in your world view to consider His very work is to be dismissed as illogical?
Because all of that gobbledygook you said right there doesn't have anything to do with what I said. This comes as no surprise to me, since it's clear you're just a troll on this thread.
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10/16/2011 5:19:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: mountainlion
Ex cathedra and a priori make perfect sense, a web search might serve you better than the spell check you’re using.
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10/16/2011 5:23:18 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: muir_redwoods
You’re welcome, and of course, dead wrong.
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10/16/2011 5:43:23 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: MaxMax
Shoot, I was was going to say gizmo.
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10/16/2011 5:45:26 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: muir_redwoods
Of course, it´s faith. But I go where available evidence leads me, and by what seems the most simple.
There´d never be enough time to set each constant necessary for our being just so.
It´s almost as though the universe has created eyes to perceive itself. Aside from His historical unease with us - which I also believe - I´d be curious to know what He thinks of the rest of His creation. But then, ¨If I knew God I´d be Him.¨
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posted on
10/16/2011 7:33:23 PM PDT
by
onedoug
(lf)
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