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]

I personall saw the thread where goodseedhomeschool got herself banned. It had nothing to do with evolution. She was complaining to JR himself that FR was (not a quote, but close enough) RINO site. Poof! End of goodseedhomeschool.

[general_re]

I am truly sorry to post this sort of thing in public, but I think I owe it to the members of the forum to inform them of exactly what sort of person they are really dealing with when they post to the person who sent this to me. I apologize for the fowl language, but I thought it was best to preserve it exactly as I received it:

To: general_re

I received some truly foul and abusive freepmails some time ago,

Consider this freepmail.

;^)

680 posted on 08/18/2003 9:50 AM EDT by AndrewC
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Sorry about that, folks, but that kind of vicious and abusive punning shouldn't be permitted, even in private. And to you sir - for shame. For shame....

[AndrewC]

I personall saw the thread where goodseedhomeschool got herself banned. It had nothing to do with evolution. She was complaining to JR himself that FR was (not a quote, but close enough) RINO site. Poof! End of goodseedhomeschool.

Thanks.

[AndrewC]

SO!!!!

[whattajoke]

I can corroborate the goodseedhomeschool self-imposed banishment story. I can't believe that she, of all people, would assume a false identity... The woman puts her entire family out there on the Net on her personal website; I just can't imagine she'd ever resort to such tactics.

I was involved in it all and even though I disagreed with just about every one of her posts, I urged her to stick around. If you remember, her whole deal was with her personal friendship with Kent Hovind and she simply refused to accept that he is anything short of genius. Heck, she even had the audacity to defend Patriot University and all his dinosaurs are alive and well in Vermont stories. That's why I enjoyed her so much!

Her initial lament was specifically about the Crevo threads and she removed herself from them. About a week later I saw her posts in some religious/breaking news threads and IIRC, she had gotten herself in some hot water by declaring a fellow freeper would spend eternity in hell. There was some back and forth and then gshs asked JimRob to "cancel [her] subscription" because FR was too liberal and antichristian for her. And that was that.

[AndrewC]

A different perspective for variety.

[general_re]

That's not me - I've lost some weight recently...

[AndrewC]

Thanks.

[AndrewC]

That's not me - I've lost some weight recently...

Yes, and taller too, but as cheeky as ever.

[PatrickHenry]

M'God! Joviality and conviviality have returned to the thread. Amazing what a good night's sleep will accomplish.

[BMCDA]

Her initial lament was specifically about the Crevo threads and she removed herself from them. About a week later I saw her posts in some religious/breaking news threads and IIRC, she had gotten herself in some hot water by declaring a fellow freeper would spend eternity in hell. There was some back and forth and then gshs asked JimRob to "cancel [her] subscription" because FR was too liberal and antichristian for her. And that was that.

Ayup, and here is the thread in question. Just in case there are any doubts ;^)

[whattajoke]

You can go ahead and do what you do Jim Dear. I have learned more about my party (Republican) here and all the garbage that goes with it than I ever learned before I came here. Thanks to your site, I may consider changing my polital affiliation.
P.S. cancel my donation pledge that I made yesterday. I cannot support this liberal site one moment longer.
Thank you
490 posted on 07/12/2003 2:04 AM EDT by goodseedhomeschool (Evolution is the religion for men who want no accountability)

[skinkinthegrass]

Dinosaurs were just big lizards and very likely lived with human beings. Some may even be alive today.

Some may even be alive today, their called "BIRDS". Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded, reptiles are not...Down under, the Water Monitor and some Boas...are somewhat different, they can elevate their temp. a few degrees.

[DittoJed2]

No, not birds. Actual recognizable dinosaurs. Over the past several centuries, including some recent, there have been spottings by reputable sources of animals resembling pterodactyls, plesiosaurs, and other dinosaur like creatures. One of these places where the most spottings occur has been in the swamp land of Africa. Some in New Zealand, some in Venezuela. There is a very convincing case to show that not only have they existed throughout time (they weren't called dinosaurs in ancient literature as the word wasn't even invented until 1841) but they exist today.

[RadioAstronomer]

WOW! I did see what I saw about FR being too liberal, but I guess thats what didn't do the banning. Thanks for setting me strait.

[RadioAstronomer]

Thats the one!

[Right Wing Professor]

goodseedhomeschool, has been banned.

goodseedhomeschool announced some time ago she was withdrawing from crevo threads. Her last post seems to have been 7/12. However, on her own site she has posted statements that FR is a hostile site for conservative Christians. That sort of thing gets you banned, IME. I guess JR thinks if you hate his site enough to post unfavorable comment elsewhere about it, there's no reason why you'd want to keep an account on the site.

[Da_Shrimp]

There is a very convincing case to show that not only have they existed throughout time (they weren't called dinosaurs in ancient literature as the word wasn't even invented until 1841) but they exist today.

Then make the case.

By the way, what's your feelings on the Grand Canyon Sequence? I asked earlier, but I know you've been busy.

[VadeRetro]

AHH, AHH, AHH!!!

goodseedhomeschool did that all by her lonesome.

She got Pissed off, sent a note to Jimrob telling him to cancel her donation to the site, and that she would not support a liberal website like this one.

Nice facts! Notice how little facts mean against the propaganda requirements of those whose science is all "Twist and Shout." Supposedly, you dreamed this about GSHS. Well, I dreamed it, too. Here's my dream tally of the bannings I can remember. (Remember dreaming?)

Creo:

• medved -- Perhaps the only creationist ever certifiably for sure banned for his actions on crevo threads.
• goodseedhomeschool -- Appalled at FR's liberalism; resigned on a non-crevo thread.
• PegTheProphet -- IIRC, banned on a political thread.
• RickyJ -- Ditto.
• God'sTraveler -- Specifics of banning unknown. Got away with plenty on crevo threads but some of his ravings may have been considered impious by the powers that be.
• ALS -- Specifics of banning thus far unknown. The PTB at FR had already demonstrated considerable indifference to the complaints of evos regarding his spamming and flame-trolling. He seemed to have ridden out that storm weeks if not months earlier.

Evo:

• EsotericLucidity: -- returning bannee. Anti-semite, pro-Palestinian. Not a crevo-thread-related banning although there was much confusion on this point at the time.

Perhaps my memory is too selective, but it looks like there's some basis to the idea that creos get banned more than do evos. However, with one glaring and historically famous exception they don't get banned for acting up on the crevo threads. In fact, Jim Rob's contention that he prefers to ignore the crevo threads would seem to be borne out.

In keeping with the Agreement of the Willing, I will refrain from speculating on factors which might lead to more creos than evos acting up outside the context of crevo thread postings. Indeed, it might be no more than a rather startling statistical aberration.

[Nataku X]

Agreed completely! Kudos and hugs back!