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.

[VadeRetro]

I saved source for it. You never know.

[Right Wing Professor]

Need to know the punchline first.

[VadeRetro]

Need to know the punchline first.

Aauugghh!

[RadioAstronomer]

I save these to word documents. Is there a better way?

[VadeRetro]

The charade - farce ... using alamo_girl and your protocols --- to whack Christians ?

I can't notice anything odd going on at all?

[f.Christian]

ag ...

f.Christian, since you have signed the agreement, I am now notifying you that your post 100 has been posted previously and is inflammatory per se and thus in violation of our agreement under the Sunset Clause not to bring forward issues that predate the effective date (August 9th 2003), the Language Clause not to use belittling words and the Economy Clause not to repeat posts excessively. We will appreciate your not posting that particular item in the future.



To all the lurkers,

There are certain arrogant, evolutionists on these threads that spend their time posting veiled Christian insults (particularly toward "fundys"). They mock Bible believers and suggest that their "scientific" theories are superior to the Word of God. When they're not doing this they are busy posting stupid blue placemarkers, "don't feed the trolls"/"virtual ignore" graphics and pompous suggestions that the opinions of people who believe that God created ALL should take their thoughts elsewhere. When they get bored with the above, they then take on the innocent role. They get that "deer in the headlights" look about them and cry that the Christians are being mean to them.

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407 posted on 07/28/2003 12:39 PM PDT by conservababeJen


fC ...


I signed on to the agreement on the condition evos would discuss their beliefs !

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[VadeRetro]

I'm not that familiar with how Word saves web pages. If you want to preserve the actual links used, it's good to have the saved HTML code. I do that in MSIE by selecting "Source" from the "View" submenu. You get a Notepad or Wordpad with the HTML text and can save from there.

[f.Christian]

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[VadeRetro]

In other words, you signed an agreement containing provisions against repeating assertions shown to be false (no Precambrian fossils) or sufficiently answered (short-necked giraffe fossils). Your behavior has not changed one iota. Why not formally withdraw from the agreement and make it official that you're going to just do the same old stuff?

[PatrickHenry]

How DARE he!

[Ichneumon chose the word "comparison" and not "inference" in the "gratuitous statement" (so called in 507): "If you're going to make an analogy, make sure it's a valid comparison."]

Truly provocative. Way over the top. The blood boils. How long will we tolerate such abuse? Oh dear, I'm going to faint!

[VadeRetro]

It was Alamo_girl that inserted the text that forbade scheming and trying to get a poster banned.

So far as I know, true. Your point?

[RadioAstronomer]

I'm not that familiar with how Word saves web pages. If you want to preserve the actual links used, it's good to have the saved HTML code. I do that in MSIE by selecting "Source" from the "View" submenu. You get a Notepad or Wordpad with the HTML text and can save from there.

Thanks. :-)

[VadeRetro]

Indeed, it is no wonder the Admin Mods had to be summoned! This outrage must not stand!

[RadioAstronomer]

Truly provocative. Way over the top. The blood boils. How long will we tolerate such abuse? Oh dear, I'm going to faint!

Why I saved the thread. That exchange was priceless. LOL

[RadioAstronomer]

Now they all have blood on their hands

What blood?

[Right Wing Professor]

What a lovely way of having it both ways. That's why when they say I'm insulting or belittling someone when i say the designer must have been drunk or insane, I insist they name the person or entity I'm belittling.

Looking for evidence of God's handiwork is a religious, not a scientific quest.

[Right Wing Professor]

Aauugghh!

Sorry.

Now, for the third time, go get me a beer.

[PatrickHenry]

Now, for the third time, go get me a beer.

It's becoming clear to me now. You must have been drunk when you said the designer must have been drunk. I think your otherwise abominable transgression can be overlooked on the grounds of diminished capacity.

[RadioAstronomer]

That exchange was priceless. LOL

Was only joking. If this offended anyone, I am sorry.

[f.Christian]

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 !