Early-bird dinosaur found in New Mexico

Guardian ^ | 12/10/09 | Ian Sample

[LibWhacker]

Palaeontologists delighted to discover 213m-year-old remains of feathered meat-eater that retain intact air sacs in their bones

The remains of a two-legged meat-eating predator that roamed the Earth at the dawn of dinosaurs have been uncovered in an ancient bone bed by fossil hunters.

[fhayek]

Early-bird dinosaur found in New Mexico

Did they find any worm fossils there too?

[IronKros]

The animals' remains are in such good condition palaeontologists suspect they were buried very soon after dying. Examination of the fossils revealed air-filled sacs in the bones, a feature that links the dinosaurs with the evolution of birds much later. "When we saw them, our jaws dropped. A lot of these theropods have really hollow bones, so when they get preserved, they get really crunched. But these were in almost perfect condition," Nesbitt said.


NEAT!

[BykrBayb]

I doubt it. I heard the early-bird got it.

[sr4402]

213m-year-old remains

And precisely why didn't the air 'sacs' in the bones fill in for 213 Million Years while underground??

[IronKros]

Because the great flood... changed... stuff...

I don’t know.

A god probably had some plan we don’t understand about dinosaur air bubbles.

[Reaganesque]

How do they know that this dinosaur was in the habit of getting up early in the morning?

[sr4402]

Maybe God wanted to save some hot air for Al Gore?

[oh8eleven]

The animals' remains are in such good condition palaeontologists suspect they were buried very soon after dying.
Jewish dinosaurs?

[Tijeras_Slim]

They're still here.

[Verginius Rufus]

The earliest known creature to have tasted like chicken.

[JouleZ]

LOL Yes, they are still here and I see them sometimes...in broad daylight!

[LibWhacker]

That bird looks like he just ran through a barbecue pit or something.

[SunkenCiv]

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