Perfect fossil could be most complete dinosaur ever

New Scientists ^ | 13 October 2011 | Jeff Hecht

[SunkenCiv]

Dinosaur fossils don't come much more impressive than this. With 98 per cent of its skeleton preserved, this young predatory theropod from southern Germany may be the most complete dinosaur ever found. Oliver Rauhut, curator of the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology in Munich, announced the find yesterday.

Although Chinese bird and dinosaur fossils are famed for delicate details such as their feathers, they don't match this 72-centimetre-long theropod in terms of clarity and completeness of preservation.

The young dinosaur has been dated at 135 million years old, putting it in the early Cretaceous, but it has yet to be named and described formally. It will go on show to the public at the Munich Mineral show, which starts on 27 October.

[GourmetDan]

"Not the least bit of sense, but thanks for trying."

Said the guy who uses logical fallacy as argument...

[onedoug]

Outside space and time the designer has no need of having been designed.

[JoeProBono]

[GourmetDan]

"The ex cathedra claim that a designer is required is also a priori, and by that standard has nothing to do with logic."

Unfortunately, you have violated your own standard. You have assumed a designer for that post 'ex cathedra' and 'a priori' and therefore without logic. On what basis did you do that and why would it not also apply to your claim above?

[FroggyTheGremlim]

" it has yet to be named and described formally."

I suggest "Buster."

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, it appears to have been a male, lol. In the spirit of marketing this thing, I suggest a cute sort of “pet” name reminiscent of popular tv shows, maybe Scooby. That would provide a nice tie in to a variety of pet products, not just Milkbones.

[Texas Songwriter]

The bone beneath the jaw appears to be a hyoid apparatus. The one encircled beneath the pelvis is the ischium.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I have a bone to pick with youse two guyz...WTH is that?”

Nylon Chew Toy.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I don’t know what all the arguing is about. That is just a beautiful dinosaur. I’ve never seen anything like it. Look at that spinal column! Breathtaking! It is much easier to relate to than the giant ones you see in the big museums.

I think I’d call him Baby.

[Daffynition]

Sow you say. What kind of a mother sends her kid out without a jacket?

[Daffynition]

LOL...how long have you been at this Mr. Bono?

[muir_redwoods]

Said the guy who can't answer the question logically and brands the question itself a fallacy

[muir_redwoods]

"Outside space and time the designer has no need of having been designed."

You know this, factually, how?

[goat granny]

It must be a strange boner....

[SunkenCiv]

What you’re saying there makes absolutely no sense.

[SunkenCiv]

How can the subject of God as the creator be "ex cathedra" when God is expressed in the affirmative, but in your world view to consider His very work is to be dismissed as illogical?

Because all of that gobbledygook you said right there doesn't have anything to do with what I said. This comes as no surprise to me, since it's clear you're just a troll on this thread.

[SunkenCiv]

Ex cathedra and a priori make perfect sense, a web search might serve you better than the spell check you’re using.

[SunkenCiv]

You’re welcome, and of course, dead wrong.

[SunkenCiv]

Shoot, I was was going to say gizmo.

[onedoug]

Of course, it´s faith. But I go where available evidence leads me, and by what seems the most simple.

There´d never be enough time to set each constant necessary for our being just so.

It´s almost as though the universe has created eyes to perceive itself. Aside from His historical unease with us - which I also believe - I´d be curious to know what He thinks of the rest of His creation. But then, ¨If I knew God I´d be Him.¨