New dinosaur species with spiky backbone discovered in Argentina: report

FoxNews.com/Science ^ | Feb 6, 2019 | Bradford Betz | Fox News

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A new dinosaur species, notable for a row of two-foot spines protruding from its neck, has been discovered by scientists in Argentina.

Scientists have dubbed the new dinosaur, “Bajadasaurus,” an herbivore that lived 140 million years ago, according to the scientific journal Nature, which first revealed the findings. Its name is an amalgam of Spanish, Greek, and Latin, meaning “lizard from Bajada with forward-bending spines.”

The dinosaur's unusual "spines" have fueled a wave of speculation about what purpose they may have served. Pablo Gallina, a paleontologist who first came across a set of its teeth in 2010, said the “long and sharp spines,” were likely used to “deter possible predators.” Had it not been for the sharp spines, Gallina said, the dinosaur’s structure “could have been easily broken or fractured with a blow or when being attacked by other animals.”

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[minnesota_bound]

Not new but very old dinosaur found.

[reasonisfaith]

Need to check inside the bones for soft tissue.

Blood cells and other soft tissue have been found in dinosaur bones thought to be tens or hundreds of millions of years old.

Some scientists are quite fearful of these kinds of discoveries disturbing their belief system.

[blueunicorn6]

Isn’t That nice?

The little dinosaur birds had someplace to rest when their wings got tired.

Dinosaurs.....always thinking of others.

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[Roman_War_Criminal]

Patagonia and Argentina have some almost alien-looking dinosaurs.

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[blueunicorn6]

By golly, you found a picture of my Uncle Bill.

Usually they show him in his prison clothes, but I like this picture better.

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Patagonia and Argentina have some almost alien-looking dinosaurs.

Apparently, dinosaurs came into being on the single landmass known as Pangaea. Soon after (geologically speaking--50 million years or so) Pangaea began to break up, isolating various species on the newly emerging continents, enabling them to evolve in very different ways.

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Unicorn Dinosaur?

[DannyTN]

Such an interesting monster should have interesting hair.

[blueunicorn6]

Nope.

That is just a horny old dinosaur.

Like Bill Clinton.

[a fool in paradise]

New old dinosaur PING

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks a fool in paradise. Bajadasaurus, he was a bad jad (shut your mouth!) I'm talking about Bajadasaurus...

[Red Badger]

He was Bad, Bad Bajadasaurus!

Baddest lizard in the whole damn forest!..................

[Redcitizen]

Perhaps that’s where the Martian dinosaurs landed after their trip from Mars.

[Redcitizen]

🎶Meaner than a junkyard v-raptor.... 🎵