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Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Fridge => Topic started by: rhombus on September 04, 2014, 07:02:08 PM

Title: Another large titansaur found
Post by: rhombus on September 04, 2014, 07:02:08 PM

A new species of dinosaur has been found in Argentina.  About 70% of the key bones needed to describe the organism have been found according to scientists.  This makes it different from many other titansaur fossils, which have been very fragmentary.

Here (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29050114) is more information, courtesy of the BBC.

And here are some pictures that demonstrate the size that we are talking about:

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77352000/jpg/_77352299_kennethlacovarawiththerighttibia.jpg)

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/77372000/gif/_77372913_dreadnoughtus_size_20140904_624.gif)

Title: Another large titansaur found
Post by: rhombus on September 05, 2014, 02:33:20 PM

Deutsche Welle (http://www.dw.de/giant-dinosaur-fossil-a-huge-boon-to-science/av-17904627) has a story on the newly described dinosaur.  They are using 3D printers to create a replica of the skeleton as it is too large to string together through standard techniques.

Title: Another large titansaur found
Post by: Kor on September 05, 2014, 08:30:07 PM

That is very interesting news, and a large dinosaur too.  Interesting news indeed, thanks for posting the news here.

Title: Another large titansaur found
Post by: Ducky123 on September 07, 2014, 07:15:55 AM

Nice :) I've recently taken some interest into paleontology so this is great to hear :) The weight is insane though :o

Title: Another large titansaur found
Post by: Kor on September 10, 2014, 10:45:58 AM

New titanosaur species have been found in Africa.  Seems there are 4 skeletons of the Titanosaur, so far, have been found in Africa.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/t...kusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/titanosaur-africa-new-dinosaur-species_n_5786216.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)