Saturday, May 05, 2007

150 million year dinosaur unearthed


Since I do not have a photo of a dinosaur I thought I would use this photo from the Petrified Forest in Arizona. Its a must see, if ever you are in that area.

150 million year old dinosaur unearthed

From the Times Colonist – May 5, 2007

Buenos Aires:
Paleontologists unearthed a flesh-eating dinosaur some 150 million years old in southern Argentina with all its joints in place, the first time such a beast has been dug up so intact.
The seven-metre tall two-legged dinosaur, dubbed the Condorraptor, was found fossilized with parts of its jaw and head showing in rock near the village of Cerro Condor in Patagonia.
“It is an unprecedented discovery. It is the first time in the world that a carnivorous dinosaur of the Middle Jurassic period has been found fully jointed,” said Pablo Puerta, a paleontologist at the Egidio Feruglio museum.
The team is led by the German dinosaur specialist, Oliver Rauhut. It will take about a year to fully uncover the dinosaur.

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