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.

[f.Christian]

pathetic mental breakdown placemaker !

[Da_Shrimp]

The Sermo Lupi ad Anglos is interesting, here's a quote from it in modern English):

Beloved men, know that which is true: this world is in haste and it nears the end. And therefore things in this world go ever the longer the worse, and so it must needs be that things quickly worsen, on account of people's sinning from day to day, before the coming of Antichrist. And indeed it will then be awful and grim widely throughout the world. Understand also well that the Devil has now led this nation astray for very many years, and that little loyalty has remained among men, though they spoke well. And too many crimes reigned in the land, and there were never many of men who deliberated about the remedy as eagerly as one should, but daily they piled one evil upon another, and committed injustices and many violations of law all too widely throughout this entire land.

This might sound somewhat familiar to those of us who've read some of the 'end-times' posts on FR, hmmm? Thing is, it was written in 1014!

Perhaps I should ping f.christian?

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

Thank you LL :)
I figure if I were not welcome I would not be here.

[f.Christian]

Did you get the correction on this ...

this very well might have been a repeat on my post from three weeks earlier !

To: concisetraveler

LOL what you call "evidence" some would call redundant arguments of circular reasoning.

If "some" could make an actual case that circular reasoning was truly involved, I would admit that the observations should not count as supporting evidence.

Until then, however, unsupported labeling does not affect the validity of the evidence.

Abraham Lincoln: "If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?"

Audience member: "Five."

Lincoln: "No, four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one."



2,051 posted on 08/21/2003 8:19 PM PDT by Ichneumon

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

Yes I think so.

[f.Christian]

fC ...

just to make sure ---

here it is again !



ct (( goodseedhomeschool(returned) )) ...

Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one

Those are the most illuminated words you have said.


fC ...


The date - original

fC (( 7 - 28 - 2003 )) ...

To: conservababeJen

Evolution is only compatible with liberal statist socialism ... what it is founded upon and the militant variety is fascist - communist and all of conservatism and fundamentalism is at emnity to its core issue and base belief sytem!

They are irrevocable opposites ... anti thetical ... unassimilable !

I read a favorite story of Abraham Lincoln was asking people if we called the dog's tail a leg ... how many legs would the dog have ?

When thay answered ' five' ... he would smile wryly and say no ... ' only four ' --- the fifth leg is a lie !

Obviously he took his oath of office seriously to the reality of severe sacrifice - PRINCIPLE and not compromise !

415 posted on 07/28/2003 1:12 PM PDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)



ps ...


I would like to keep credit for my post !

I'm going to ping you to an evo vs conservative thread about homosexuals adopting young boys in calif ... arnold is for it !

[jennyp]

Locusts swarming, skin breaking out in boils, red tapwater, praying just in case, PLACEMARKER.

[VadeRetro]

One thing about predicting The End: somebody will be right, someday.

[gore3000]

I figure if I were not welcome I would not be here.

Yup, the evos are too dumb to realize that. They are so full of hatred against Christians that such an obvious fact does not keep them from destroying the thread for 400 posts trying to dig up dirt, insulting, stalking, posting private information and doing other nefarious practices which are totally inexcusable. All of which shows that:

THE ONLY DISRUPTORS ON THESE THREADS ARE THE EVOS

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your post!

Wait - we can change our handles now???

Evidently.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for getting back to me! I understand that you are quite busy so no hurry on the research request. Hugs!

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

Good evening :)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for the excerpts of the interpretation of Daniel!

However, my post at 2981 had nothing to do with Bible prophesy, it had to do with false identity posting on Free Republic and was in regard to your posts to VadeRetro at 505 and RadioAstronomer at 540. The contents of those posts are shown below with the relevant phrase underlined:

To: VadeRetro
To: longshadow
There is no truth to the rumor that I've been smiling for 30 hours now placemarker.
499 posted on 08/17/2003 9:38 AM PDT by VadeRetro
Cyber genocide ... crucification --- ORGY ...
oops --- resurrection - trouble ahead - coming !
505 posted on 08/17/2003 1:14 PM CDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)

and…

To: RadioAstronomer

What blood ?
To: longshadow
There is no truth to the rumor that I've been smiling for 30 hours now placemarker.
499 posted on 08/17/2003 9:38 AM PDT by VadeRetro
Cyber genocide ... crucification --- ORGY ...
oops --- resurrection - trouble ahead - coming !
Why don't you ask your lynch mob cult friends !
540 posted on 08/17/2003 2:47 PM CDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)

At the time of your posts and my replies in the 500 range, the book of Daniel had not been mentioned on the thread except for a link and sentence excerpted by DittoJed at 238. My reaction to your posts at 596 were based on their context as shown above which appeared to apply to the banning of ALS. I said:

f.Christian, I noticed that you said a couple of times: ”oops --- resurrection - trouble ahead - coming !” If you are aware of any plan of banned Freepers or anti-Freepers to infiltrate this website under a false identity, that is something that ought to be disclosed at once to the Admin Moderator.

You may not have realized it at the time and we didn't until the name was changed --- but goodseedhomeschool (returned) was posting under the false identity of concisetraveler.

Your assertion at 3056 that you were speaking about the book of Daniel and not false identity posters, to me, is every bit as disingenuous as (then) concisetraveler’s post at 606, purporting to be a newbie.

AndrewC, I’m pingng you because you responded to post 3056 mentioning goodseedhomeschool (returned). BTW, my posts to her at 606, 613 and 651 show that I took her to be a new poster (July 24, 2003) as she indicated at 603. I welcomed her to Free Republic at 606 which is my custom with newcomers.

goodseedhomeschool (returned) - I'm pinging to you because you were brought into the reply by AndrewC’s reponse to f.Christian at 3060.

VadeRetro and RadioAstronomer, I’m pinging you because you were the original recipients of the subject posts 505 and 540.

[f.Christian]

Wouldn't the word resurrection imply something spiritual - prophetic ?

[goodseedhomeschool (returned)]

YOu know AG, you keep throwing around a lot of terminology like false identity and such. I think I should clarify a few things here once and for all. Number one, I would like you to meet my husband here. He is not me. My son is not me either.
YOu are making a mountain out of a molehill. Could it have anything to do with your current status at other sites yourself?
I am here for however long Mr. Robinson allows it. I am glad he has let me post. I, unlike ummm some folks, am me, or at least the last time I looked.
Maybe Mr. Robinson knows that I am not the enemy but indeed the advocate and long time supporter of conservatism, which I am and always will be.
I think that as a conservative, Christian, God fearing, country loving, homeschooling, patriot, I should be in likeminded company. Many wonderful folks here think just as I do. So, what is the problem? Move on.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

Indeed, the word - by itself - would imply resurrection in the Biblical sense. But the word, or any word, used in context will carry a different meaning.

For instance, how many times have we been offended when the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is used as an expletive? Or when the name God is used in conjunction with an expletive to form a curse?

In the context as used, the clear meaning to me was the "resurrection" of a "crucified" poster, or posters with the word "genocide". Moreover, it came with a warning, i.e. "trouble ahead."

That's why I thought it was important enough to the forum that, if you had knowledge of any such plan, that you should bring it to attention of the Administrative Moderator.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Perhaps Selaginella lepidophylla.

My non-sequiturs are at least as funny as a rhapsody in magenta.

[AndrewC]

[Doctor Stochastic]

There's a legend that a certain Christian once (in an act of random kindness) pulled a thorn from a lion's paw. Much later, when the lion became old, this same Christian was sentenced to be executed by wild animals in the Coliseum. The lion recoginzed the man who had done him a kindness and persuaded the other beasts to allow him to eat the man all by himself.

[AndrewC]

Androcles and the Lion.