'Rare' fossil of new dinosaur species found in US

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 3/23/10 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

This image obtained from University of Utah shows the partial remains of the plant-eating creature, named Seitaad ruessi, in the red rocks of the Navajo Sandstone region of the western US state of Utah. It is on display at the Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City. (AFP/HO/File)

[Steve Van Doorn]

""a rare skeleton of a new species."

Don't they mean dead species that we never seen before?

[Sherman Logan]

the Navajo Sandstone region of the western US state of Utah.

Navajo Sandstone is a geological stratum, not a geographical region.

[tubebender]

Did they find it in Plains Georgia?

[NormsRevenge]

What’s in your backyard?

[hellbender]

Seitaad ruessi

I thought species names were supposed to be in Latin, even if it is "new Latin." How is "Seitaad" Latin? Sounds more like Arabic.

[AndrewB]

[Dallas59]

"It's dead Jim"

[umgud]

plant-eating creature, named Seitaad ruessi,

Where the hell do they come up with these stupid names?

[tubebender]

2 red foxes, 22 skunks, 12 raccoons, 4 Possum and various dead rats and mice and that’s just in the last 2 years. (the 2 fox had rabies)

[freedumb2003]

>>Where the hell do they come up with these stupid names?<<

Usually after the discoverer and the place.

[mplsconservative]

How in the world Pelosi can hide in plain sight is news to me. How could they miss her in her SEIU purple suit?

[Beowulf9]

Aaaah! My eyes! My eyes!!!

[PAR35]

So the Anasazi disappeared after eating all of the dinosaurs?

[tjblair]

when part of a ‘scientists’ explanation is “must have”, i know he’s like me, just guessing.

[PzLdr]

Maybe it ate the ancestor of the russet potato.

[April Lexington]

Only 8 posts before Helenasaurus appears!

[Slyfox]

Here's the head...

...and this here's the body

[SoCal Pubbie]

Must have found a copy of the Constitution in an attic somewhere.