That name is going to be twisted for some tall-grass humor any second now.
Is this the one you sent me the link for?
Posted on 10/15/2007 2:00:35 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — The skeleton of what is believed to be a new dinosaur species — a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found — has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday.
Standing alongside a replica of a neck vertebra more than 3 feet high, scientists from Argentina and Brazil said the find was remarkable because they have recovered the most complete skeletons one of one of these "giants" found so far.
They said the Patagonian dinosaur appears to represent a previously unknown species of Titanosaur because of the unique structure of its neck. They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for "giant" and "chief," and for Duke Energy Argentina, which helped fund the skeleton's excavation.
"This is one of the biggest in the world and one of the most complete of these giants that exist," said Jorge Calvo, director of the paleontology center at the National University of Comahue, Argentina. He was lead author of a study on the dinosaur published in the peer-reviewed Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Scientists said the giant herbivore walked the Earth some 88 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
Since the first bones were found on the banks of Lake Barreales in the Argentine province of Neuquen in 2000, paleontologists have dug up the dinosaur's neck, back region, hips and the first vertebra of its tail.
"I'm pretty certain it's a new species," agreed Peter Mackovicky, associate curator for dinosaurs at Chicago's Field Museum, who was not involved with the discovery. "I've seen some of the remains of Futalognkosaurus and it is truly gigantic."
Calvo said the neck alone must have been 56 feet long, and by studying the vertebrae, they figured the tail probably measured 49 feet. The dinosaur reached over 43 feet tall, and the excavated spinal column alone weighed about 9 tons when excavated.
Patagonia also was home to the other two largest dinosaur skeletons found to date — Argentinosaurus, at around 115 feet long, and Puertasaurus reuili, 115 feet to 131 feet long.
Comparison between the three herbivores, however, is difficult because scientists have only found few vertebrae of Puertasaurus, and while the skeleton of Futalognkosaurus (FOO-ta-long-koh-SOHR-us) is fairly complete, scientists have not uncovered any bones from its limbs.
North America's dinosaurs don't even compare in size, Mackovicky added in a phone interview. "Dinosaurs do get big here, but nothing near the proportions we see in South America."
Jeff Wilson, an assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Michigan, who was asked to review the finding, said he was impressed by the sheer amount of skeleton recovered.
"I should really try to underscore how incredible it is to have partial skeleton of something this size," Wilson said in telephone interview. "With these kind of bones you can't study them by moving them around on the table, you have to move around them yourself."
The site where Futalognkosaurus was found has been a bonanza for paleontologists, yielding more than 1,000 specimens, including 240 fossil plants, 300 teeth and the remains of several other dinosaurs.
"As far as I know, there is no other place in the world where there is such a large and diverse quantity of fossils in such small area. That is truly unique," said Alexander Kellner, a researcher with the Brazilian National Museum and co-author of the dinosaur's scientific description.
“Third, you can believe that the grass is indeed blue”
It is in Kentucky!
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Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Sounds like it is referring to coprolites...(translated):
futa = fu??(ing)
loqnko = long
saurus = lizard
dukei = dookie
:)
Hmmmm . . . . . . . I WONDERED where Rosie had disappeared to after Baba Wawa gave her her walking papers!!
Argentina . . . . . . WHO KNEW!!???
Yep, the "Yabuts"* will soon be hard at work.
(* From the Pennsylvania Dutch: "Ya.....BUT.....")
Now, there is a genuine dumb@$$ statement! If there were "no death in the world", what caused them to become no longer alive?
Plus, where in Scripture does it say anything about human sin affecting the lifespan of (other) animals?
Besides, without death, there can be no continued life.
Face it: you are neither equipped scripturally or scientifically for this discussion. Bow out and leave it to the believers who are -- and stop being an embarassment to all intelligent believers.
Ain't no such thing for a creature that size. No telling how many cavemen were accidentally eaten while hiding in the shrubbery and that big honkin' lizard never even knew it.......
Spoken like a real Texan! Sure glad I left there when I did.
Spoken like a true Texan! Sure glad I left there when I did.
Amen!
That name is going to be twisted for some tall-grass humor any second now.
Calvo said the neck alone must have been 56 feet long, and by studying the vertebrae, they figured the tail probably measured 49 feet.
56+49=105
All neck and tail, no body.
What a dufus reporter.
Big Daddy. I like it. And it's easier to pronounce than the other name that sounds like a cuss word :)
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“Plus, where in Scripture does it say anything about human sin affecting the lifespan of (other) animals?”
These verses speak to your question about the Bible’s teaching on the subject of sin and death:
Rom. 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned...”
Rom 8:22 “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. “
1Jn 2:17 “And the world passeth away...”
know that the earth is millions of years old.
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and should know that the earth is 4.3 BILLION years old ...
I am still trying to figure out how the blood circulated if this thing raised its head to the full extent.
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And while you are at it, figure out how an animal that large and massive could even exist if gravity is constant ... the size and mass of land animals is a funtion of gravity strength. No such massive land animal could exist today - it would be crushed by its own weight.
Some of the pterosaurs absolutely dwarf the largest flying birds of today. How could they have ever flown, if conditions were the same then as today?
How could they have ever flown, if conditions were the same then as today?
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Just a wild guess: because gravity was less than today?
Riddle me this: why were all the landmass at the time in one place on the Earth’s surface?
Maybe something big really big drew and held them to one place and at the same time lightening surface gravity allowing large dinos to exist and some to fly - a really big planetary body would do that - but then, conditions in the solar system would have to be radically different than today.
Of course, all mainstream scientists ridicule the idea that there is any variation from the steady state model. To find otherwise would be too confusing and alarming to the public.
See the Saturn Theory ...or read Cradle of Saturn by James P. Hogan (May 1, 2000)
Something must have been fundamentally physically different between then and now, but that question seems to be deliberately avoided by mainstream science.
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