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frogmarch

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10. Brontosaurus with wrong skull

Wed Apr 8, 2015, 09:43 PM

Apr 2015

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed

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"This photograph from 1934 and shows the Carnegie Museum's Apatosaurus skeleton on the right — wearing the wrong skull."

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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YES! Brontosaurus, how I missed you! (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #1

Big thumbs up, if any were around back then. Octafish Apr 2015 #6

OMG, they were bigger than the entire landmass??????? BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #25

Giantism is not a joke, BlancheSplanchnik! Octafish Apr 2015 #44

Bigger beings consume more and release more energy than do smaller beings...... BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #58

What supported Atlas? PeoViejo Apr 2015 #55

! BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #59

Amen! shenmue Apr 2015 #2

Pluto probe set to report this summer... Octafish Apr 2015 #9

Pluto could be on its way back to planethood as well starroute Apr 2015 #19

Some scientists can be most undemocratic. Octafish Apr 2015 #29

There are all sorts of conspiracy theories out there about NASA starroute Apr 2015 #31

That's one of those phrases that can mean what it doesn't. Octafish Apr 2015 #60

"My guess is that the bright thing is a frozen volcanic eruption of subsurface ice." Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #68

I agree Pluto and Ceres are full planets, but I think it's all going to seem pretty irrelevant soon Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2015 #51

The picture in your post Egnever Apr 2015 #3

Carnegie Museum of Natural History - 1934 Octafish Apr 2015 #7

You beat me to it. :-) frogmarch Apr 2015 #11

Unlike Marsh and Cope, we're on the same side! Octafish Apr 2015 #15

That was a well-done article on frogmarch Apr 2015 #21

Brontosaurus with wrong skull frogmarch Apr 2015 #10

Facinating! Change has come Apr 2015 #4

Life is miraculous. Octafish Apr 2015 #14

We've always called the Brontosaurus a Brontosaurus and it's a pain in the ass Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #5

Isn't that a Brachiosaurus? Octafish Apr 2015 #8

I think you're correct... Brother Buzz Apr 2015 #13

I am glad that the Brontosaurus is back Gothmog Apr 2015 #12

Isn't it, though? Octafish Apr 2015 #17

I can haz brontosaurus burger? Cirque du So-What Apr 2015 #16

Absolutely. Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. Octafish Apr 2015 #18

Or I can has big side of brontosaurus ribs? calimary Apr 2015 #42

I agree Pluto should be re-recognized as a planet, but I'm not so sure about the brontosaurus. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #20

Riiight. What's a cubit? Octafish Apr 2015 #37

I love Brontosaurus even more than you! Recursion Apr 2015 #22

Love is one idea there's never enough of in action. Octafish Apr 2015 #38

As a complement to your post... Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #64

I wonder which this was... yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #23

It's the elusive Gasosaurus jmowreader Apr 2015 #24

Better to wonder why people who believe the earth is 6000 years old want to kill for a fossil fuel. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #28

Well that's easy... yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #30

If that's true, why weigh themselves down with an SUV? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #32

Republicans want to take it with them.. yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #34

That's because they define themselves by their status and that includes their possessions. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #35

That's the proper and true shade of Dinosaur Green. Octafish Apr 2015 #39

brontosaurus and stegosaurus were my faves. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #26

T-rex got left out? Octafish Apr 2015 #49

LoLoL! welllll.....nothing against t-rex!!! BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #56

All together now!!!! Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #27

Fred could be my twin. Octafish Apr 2015 #52

Does that mean you look like John Goodman? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #57

Big Lebowski John Goodman with an overbite that's noticeable when I eat. Octafish Apr 2015 #63

Could be worse... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #65

Hahahahahaha!!!!! Octafish Apr 2015 #67

ROFL! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #70

Brontosaurus just sounds better. Glad Bronte got a restoration of her respectability. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #33

Elizabeth Brontesaur Octafish Apr 2015 #47

She's pretty. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #61

It Has Always Been "Brontosaurus" To Me Liberal_Dog Apr 2015 #36

Truth. Octafish Apr 2015 #53

Back again! randome Apr 2015 #40

Brontosaurus is a Democratic Theme. Octafish Apr 2015 #54

Anne Elk's theory on the brontosaurus G_j Apr 2015 #41

Purest Science Octafish Apr 2015 #45

this theory of yours seems to have hit the nail on the head. G_j Apr 2015 #48

Enlightenment. Octafish Apr 2015 #66

it was G_j Apr 2015 #69

WAY cool thread! calimary Apr 2015 #43

Justice demands it. Octafish Apr 2015 #46

A mere ruse by the Brontosuarial Industrial Complex to sell more... LanternWaste Apr 2015 #50

''Money trumps peace.'' -- appointed pretzeldent George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Apr 2015 #62