New Dinosaur Species Found in India

AP ^ | August 13, 2003 | RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM

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New Dinosaur Species Found in India

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By RAMOLA TALWAR BADAM, Associated Press Writer

BOMBAY, India - U.S. and Indian scientists said Wednesday they have discovered a new carnivorous dinosaur species in India after finding bones in the western part of the country.

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The new dinosaur species was named Rajasaurus narmadensis, or "Regal reptile from the Narmada," after the Narmada River region where the bones were found.

The dinosaurs were between 25-30 feet long, had a horn above their skulls, were relatively heavy and walked on two legs, scientists said. They preyed on long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous Period at the end of the dinosaur age, 65 million years ago.

"It's fabulous to be able to see this dinosaur which lived as the age of dinosaurs came to a close," said Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago. "It was a significant predator that was related to species on continental Africa, Madagascar and South America."

Working with Indian scientists, Sereno and paleontologist Jeff Wilson of the University of Michigan reconstructed the dinosaur skull in a project funded partly by the National Geographic (news - web sites) Society.

A model of the assembled skull was presented Wednesday by the American scientists to their counterparts from Punjab University in northern India and the Geological Survey of India during a Bombay news conference.

Scientists said they hope the discovery will help explain the extinction of the dinosaurs and the shifting of the continents — how India separated from Africa, Madagascar, Australia and Antarctica and collided with Asia.

The dinosaur bones were discovered during the past 18 years by Indian scientists Suresh Srivastava of the Geological Survey of India and Ashok Sahni, a paleontologist at Punjab University.

When the bones were examined, "we realized we had a partial skeleton of an undiscovered species," Sereno said.

The scientists said they believe the Rajasaurus roamed the Southern Hemisphere land masses of present-day Madagascar, Africa and South America.

"People don't realize dinosaurs are the only large-bodied animal that lived, evolved and died at a time when all continents were united," Sereno said.

The cause of the dinosaurs' extinction is still debated by scientists. The Rajasaurus discovery may provide crucial clues, Sereno said.

India has seen quite a few paleontological discoveries recently.

In 1997, villagers discovered about 300 fossilized dinosaur eggs in Pisdura, 440 miles northeast of Bombay, that Indian scientists said were laid by four-legged, long-necked vegetarian creatures.

Indian scientists said the dinosaur embryos in the eggs may have suffocated during volcanic eruptions.

[RadioAstronomer]

Dooh!

Indeed "g"

[DittoJed2]

Men can't spell. Women can't add. There are exceptions, but I've found this to be the norm. Too bad he didn't use spell check.

[Junior]

Zero-point energy has no cause, it just is ...

[RadioAstronomer]

Men can't spell

I will admit my spelling bites big time.

[Junior]

Not for a very long time.

[DittoJed2]

He sure did. He created life of irreducible complexity that, aside from the effects of the fall (death and decay) still functions the way it is supposed to. If we were a few degrees closer to the sun we would disintegrate, a few degrees further away, we'd freeze. Then you have organs, such as the eyeball, which are irreducibly complex. Parts of the eye would serve absolutely no purpose at all on their own. They only function with the whole. Just as they were designed to do. This could not have evolved over time by chance. God designed it, and his design is wonderful!

[DittoJed2]

And I admit my math stinks! :)

[RadioAstronomer]

LOL, guess I need to go back to school!

[Aric2000]

Please Ditto,

No more strawmen, you have put enough of them in this thread.

The irreducible complexity is unprovable and unscientific.

Please, no more strawmen.

Thanks

[Junior]

They have claimed that dinosaurs are some of the oldest species on earth ...

I doubt that seriously. Dinosaurs appear about 220 million years ago. Complex life on this planet came into existence 600 million years ago, and simple life goes back about 3.8 billion years. To claim that "dinosaurs are some of the oldest species on earth" stretches the truth to nearly the breaking point."

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

What exactly is a multi culti loser? Are you calling me a loser? That is such nice talk.

[DittoJed2]

I will clarify what I was thinking. I'm thinking animal life. Dinosaurs are theorized to be older than a ton of what we see today.

[Alamo-Girl]

I haven't had any luck locating the article I remembered, but I'll keep trying! Sleep well!

[whattajoke]

Cause most certainly is necessary.
Except for the Judeo-Christian God.

You do not observe things that just were.
Except for the Judeo-Christian God.

Things have beginning.
Except for the Judeo-Christian God.

... Which caused infinately complex creatures such as man with infinately complex parts such as eyeballs.

I'd have written off your misspelling as a typo had you not done it twice... In one sentence. Is it possible to have an "infinitely complex" part of a larger "infinitely complex" organism? I'm sure Star Trek tackled this conundrum at at some point, but I can't seem to wrap my brain around it right now. And btw, your claim that man and/or his eyeballs are somehow "infinitely complex" means absolutely nothing if you don't define how or why something is, "infinitely complex."

Nobody observed the big bang. Nobody has observed macroevolution.

Or the murder of Niclole Brown Simpson. So?

You don't have a plant turning into an animal or a horse turning into a kitty cat.

You are correct. Congratulations. Horses have never "turned into" a kitty cat. Perhaps Sigfried or Roy would beg to differ, but I won't.

the best science can come up with are a handful of disputed examples of transitional species.

Disputed by whom? A fractionally tiny band of American christian bible literalists? Trust me, you are not on their radar. A "handful?" You must have the palm capacity of a small city.

You only have what Creationists acknowledge- microevolution (variation within species or kind) not macroevolution (huge change of kind to kind).

Please define "kind." If you save lots of pennies, they add up to dollars and those dollars add up to hundreds of dollars. Think about it and good night.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much! Hugs!

[Alamo-Girl]

Congratulations on your excellent purchase! Hugs!

[DittoJed2]

Not so.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for sharing all of your concerns! I'm sure they will help make the revision better.

[whattajoke]

God designed[the human eye], and his design is wonderful!

You are kidding, right? It could be argued that our eyes are pretty much our worst body part. Ok, maybe the order would be knees, lumber vertebrae, nose, eyes, ears? At any rate, our eyes absolutely suck for our current niche. If you think otherwise, I urge you to read up on the various eye problems of the typical human. sheesh.

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

My shortened answer to your post is met with being called a loser. Now do you see why I said it was of little use to exchange with you?