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.

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[Aric2000]

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[PatrickHenry]

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[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

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[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

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[AndrewC]

[Aric2000]

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[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

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[Aric2000]

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[Junior]

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[AndrewC]

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[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

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[Aric2000]

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[Alamo-Girl]

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[Aric2000]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

I remember you used to post some very great threads and articles for YEC. What is going on?

Actually, my position is not YEC per se since I believe that both statements are true - that the universe is 15 billion years old from our space/time coordinates and also 6/7 days old from God's inception space/time coordinates plus 6000 years of Adamic man. (Inflationary Theory and Relativity.)

I do not agree with much of the material by AiG or Hovind or ICR. I do agree with much of the material by Intelligent Design, but would rather come to my own conclusions independently and thus do not rely on their work as "authorities."

My views are posted here:

Origins and Scriptures

Evolution through the Back Door

You continued:

Things are changing a lot. I would have thought the agreement would have made things better, but thus far things look pretty much the same, only there are a few Christians missing. How come?

Actually, this particular thread was doing very well discussing actual science for days! It wasn't until the subject was drawn kicking and screaming into the Hitler/Nazi subtopic that things started going awry. But it appears to have calmed back down.

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[js1138]

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[Alamo-Girl]

I do hope he is able to join us! And not for my selfish desire to pick his brain concerning ancient astronomy either.

[Alamo-Girl]

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