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Fossils of fierce-looking dinosaur found in Argentina (Godzilla)
Associated Press ^
| November 10, 2005
Posted on 11/10/2005 12:02:31 PM PST by wallcrawlr
WASHINGTON — In the era when dinosaurs ruled the Jurassic earth, a 13-foot oceanic crocodile with a short snout and a mouthful of deadly teeth hunted large creatures in the sea, scientists reported Thursday.
Nicknamed "Godzilla'' by its discoverers, the new find was much different from other marine crocodiles, which had long snouts with many small teeth.
The discovery of the creature, given the scientific name Dakosaurus andiniensis, was reported Thursday in ScienceExpress, the online edition of the journal Science.
"This animal was one of the latest members of its family and certainly the most bizarre of all marine crocs,'' said Diego Pol of Ohio State University, one of the authors of the report.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andiniensis; crevolist; dakosaurus; paleontology
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This image from the National Geographic Society shows the skull fossil of a Dakosaurus andiniensis, known as "Godzilla", left, found in Argentina, and a digitized model of the marine crocodile, right.
To: wallcrawlr
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:03:51 PM PST
by
null and void
(The enemy of my enemy is my tool...)
To: null and void
To: wallcrawlr; Godzilla
It's polite to ping people when you bandy their picture about!
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:10:07 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: wallcrawlr
If it's a crocodile, then it's not a dinosaur.
To: Godzilla
Ummm...this may interest you.
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:10:36 PM PST
by
all4one
(The Islamic Homicide Bombers are really helping to spread the message about the real nature of Islam)
To: wallcrawlr
Arrgh!
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:14:03 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG-ret)
To: wallcrawlr
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:14:17 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: wallcrawlr
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:15:09 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: wallcrawlr
13 feet long isn't much even by modern standards. If this is Godzilla it's when he was a baby.
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:23:32 PM PST
by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: null and void
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:24:59 PM PST
by
brytlea
(I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
To: Verginius Rufus
It's a crocosaur! ;)
susie
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:25:31 PM PST
by
brytlea
(I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
To: wallcrawlr
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:27:31 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: wallcrawlr
Crocs today can get to over 20 ft and weight a ton..
must have been a little bitty baby one.. unless it was relative of a barracuda.. that can get almost that big..
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:28:36 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: Verginius Rufus
True. The average reporter who writes these stories, and the average reader, probably don't realize that, though. I've seen writers lump the large marine reptiles, and even pterosaurs, under "dinosaur" too.
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:30:04 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: brytlea
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:30:33 PM PST
by
null and void
(The enemy of my enemy is my tool...)
To: PatrickHenry
A cool, dead lizard ping.
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:30:38 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: ElkGroveDan
When I saw the thread title I KNEW someone would post a picture of that fossil. ;-)
To: wallcrawlr
Wow... The US Navy ought to use that picture as a bow decoration on its hunter/killer submarine fleet. That would surely frighten any enemy submarine out of the water, huh...
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:36:17 PM PST
by
Zeppo
To: brytlea
It's a crocosaur!
No.
It's a dinocroc!
Saw the movie on sci-fi. The people at sci-fi beat the archeologists to the scoop.
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posted on
11/10/2005 12:52:41 PM PST
by
adorno
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