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Researchers at the University of Chicago announced today that they've discovered an identified a new dinosaur, Pegomastax africanus. According to 3D imaging done by researchers, the cat-sized dinosaur was covered in bizarre spines like a porcupine. The tall teeth in its upper and lower jaws operated like self-sharpening scissors, with shearing wear facets that slid past one another when the jaws closed.



Jackals from Halo, anyone? :D

 
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that dino looks quite ugly.
 
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Awww! So cute!!!
 
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Here's a dinosaur I uncovered last year and have just publicly released photos and information on it.
It is believed to be the mythical Labrasaurus; a 2 brained dog like winged dinosaur.

Well if you don't know what to make of that... read this.

"My buddy Ralf getting ready to leave soon. His first stop - the Maury show.
Ralf may possibly be the result of Alf and the Tanner family's youngest daughter Lynn Tanner.
Alf claims that these are false accusations and says he's not the baby's daddy.
If Alf does prove to be the father of Ralf - this would be very damaging to the Labrasaurus Rex theory. And could ruin Ralf's shot at a display in Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences."



The world's so screwed up nowadays.
Starts account at internet forum and posts vaguely related albeit semihumerous responses to a dinosaur thread as his first few posts....
 
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Starts account at internet forum and posts vaguely related albeit semihumerous responses to a dinosaur thread as his first few posts....

Odd strategy. We will see if it is going to work in his favor.
 
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Could be my ex-wife

lol ...

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Scientists find oldest dinosaur​

Researchers have discovered what may be the earliest dinosaur, a creature the size of a Labrador retriever, but with a five foot-long tail, that walked the Earth ~ 243 million years ago.



Another strange creature ...



Artist rendering of Nyasasaurus

Nyasasaurus is from the Anisian (Middle Triassic, approximately 243 million years old) and predates all other dinosaurs by approximately 10 million years. Nyasasaurus fossils were excavated from the Manda beds of southwestern Tanzania. The Triassic Period lasted from 252 million to 201 million years ago, and the following animals arose during this time: dinosaurs, crocodile relatives, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs and lizards.

So this creature is from the Triassic Period. Much earlier than anyone expected, 243 million years ago.

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-scientists-oldest-dinosauror-closest-relative.html
 
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Scientists have discovered and described a new supermassive dinosaur species with the most complete skeleton ever found of its type. At 85 feet long and weighing about 65 tons in life, Dreadnoughtus schrani is the largest land animal for which a body mass can be accurately calculated. Its skeleton is exceptionally complete, with >70% of the bones, excluding the head, represented.
 
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I want to see the life size replica.
 

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Scientists have discovered and described a new supermassive dinosaur species with the most complete skeleton ever found of its type. At 85 feet long and weighing about 65 tons in life, Dreadnoughtus schrani is the largest land animal for which a body mass can be accurately calculated. Its skeleton is exceptionally complete, with >70% of the bones, excluding the head, represented.

I ran across an interesting article about the Dreadnoughtus for anyone interested

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/meet-dreadnoughtus-the-65-ton-dinosaur/

 
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Another bunch of weird newly discovered dinosaurs

Deinoheirus


Zaraapelta nomadis

Paleontologists have discovered a new genus and species of ankylosaur that roamed what is now the Gobi Desert in Mongolia during the Upper Cretaceous, between 100.5 and 66 million years ago.

 
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I'm starting to think that these are the same old dinosaurs, but just in broken pieces and thus they call them 'new' :)

Btw, any transitional fossils yet?
 
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How can they figure out the spines? Were they present with the skeleton structure or ca they see it from bone structure? Similarly confusing was the debate about velociraptors being like lizards or like feathered birds. I thought feathers would leave an imprint in the rock structure around the deceased dinosaur.
 
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The velociraptor has long been depicted as a scaly creature. That's all changing as fossil evidence shows how widespread feathers were among dinosaurs.



Preening velociraptor illustration by John Conway.




The Yutyrannus, described in 2012, are the largest known dinosaurs with feathers — a patch of fossilized skin shows shaggy body feathers, similar to an Emu. Yutyrannus was related to T. rex and measured 30 feet long and weighed > 3000 pounds. Illustration by Maija Karala




I don't really wanna copy-paste, full article can be found here, it's called:

They Had Feathers: Is the World Ready to See Dinosaurs as They Really Were?
 
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Lots of speculation about appearance and colors in those videos.
I would have thought they would base it on habitat and environment.
With bright colors usually tropical and neutral colors harsher regions.
 
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170-million-year-old fossilized remains discovered in Patagonia, Argentina, have been identified as a new genus and species of pterosaur.



Pterosaurs were highly successful flying reptiles that lived between 210 million and 65 million years ago. These creatures were Earth's first winged vertebrates, with birds and bats making their appearances much later. They first appeared in the Late Triassic and went on to achieve high levels of morphologic and taxonomic diversity during the Mesozoic era, with more than 150 species recognized so far.


They had an extraordinary adaptation to flight, including pneumatic bones to lighten its weight, and an elongated digit supporting a wing membrane. Some were the largest flying animals of all time, with wingspans exceeding 30 feet.

 
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Another discovered Pterosaur :D This one is really small:



Paleontologists say they've discovered the fossilized remains of a small-bodied pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile, which lived roughly 77 million years ago (Late Cretaceous epoch) and had a wingspan of 5 feet (1.5 m). The new pterosaur belonged to a group of short-winged and toothless pterosaurs called the azhdarchids.

It is unusual as most Late Cretaceous pterosaurs were much larger with wingspans of 13-36 feet (4-11 m).

Previous studies suggest that the Late Cretaceous skies were only occupied by birds and large pterosaurs, but this new finding, which is reported in the journal Open Science, provides important information about the diversity and success of Late Cretaceous pterosaurs.

“This new pterosaur is exciting because it suggests that small pterosaurs were present all the way until the end of the Cretaceous, and weren't outcompeted by birds,” said lead author Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, from the University of Southampton.

 
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Rativates evadens: New Ostrich-Mimic Dinosaur Species Identified



Rativates evadens, is thought to have lived ~ 76 million years ago (Late Cretaceous period).

It was ~ 11 feet (3.3 m) long and 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. It weighed ~ 200 pounds (90 kg) and resembled a modern ostrich, but had long, fingered arms and a long tail.

Video and link by Cleveland Museum of Natural History

 
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A new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous has been discovered in western Queensland, Australia.




The plant-eating sauropod dinosaur is called Savannasaurus elliottorum, and is thought to have lived ~ 95 million years ago.

A member of the sauropod subgroup called titanosaurs, it was ~14 m long, roughly half the length of a basketball court.

It had a long neck, a relatively short tail, very wide hips and widely-spaced, stocky limbs with five toes on each foot.

 
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