'Dreadnought' dinosaur yields big bone haul

[theHandpuppet]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29050114
September 4, 2014
'Dreadnought' dinosaur yields big bone haul
By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News

New fossils found in Argentina represent the most complete giant sauropod dinosaur ever discovered.

Scientists say they have 70% of the key bones needed to fully describe the creature, Dreadnoughtus schrani.

It means they can confidently estimate its great bulk - a beast that measured 26m from head to tail and weighed in at almost 60 tonnes.

Remarkably, the skeletal analysis reveals Dreadnoughtus was still growing at the time of its death.

Quite how large the dino might have become, no-one can say.... MORE at link posted above.

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Very interesting! Thanks for the post, theHandpuppet!

I'm going to enjoy hours of reading and researching this beautiful creature.

[Historic NY]

2. Who's the "big boy"...

[adirondacker]

3. K&R! Added NSF link that contains a brief video worth watching....

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=132578&org=NSF

[theHandpuppet]

6. Thanks!

Appreciated reading about the team involved in this exciting discovery!

[Kaleva]

4. The poop that thing produced must have been biblical.

[theHandpuppet]

5. A walking fertilizer factory, I suspect

I wonder just how much daily fodder it would take to keep that engine going?

[Gothmog]

7. Cool story

And this creature is only 6,000 years old. I can not wait until the new world creationists to get started on this story

[adirondacker]

8. This picture came to mind...

[theHandpuppet]

10. Well darn....

I did have a cool pic of Jesus riding a T Rex but I can't seem to post it.

[tclambert]

11. They sell T-shirts of it, I think.

http://www.zazzle.com/dinosaur_riding_jesus_t_shirt-235310298559461278


Wait, that one might show the dinosaur riding Jesus. Here's the one with Jesus on top:


http://www.zazzle.com/jesus_on_a_dinosaur_t_shirts-235265288177323596

[Judi Lynn]

9. What a shame we missed it! Or, maybe not. Thank you. n/t

[ladyfreedoms_sister]

12. cool stuff