Huge Dinosaur Skeleton Unearthed

CBS News / Associated Press ^ | October 15, 2007

[SteveH]

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, October 15, 2007

(AP) The skeleton of what's believed to be a new dinosaur species - a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found - has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday.

Scientists from Argentina and Brazil said the Patagonian dinosaur appears to represent a previously unknown species of Titanosaur because of the unique structure of its neck. They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for "giant" and "chief," and for Duke Energy Argentina, which helped fund the skeleton's excavation.

[gondramB]

>>(AP) The skeleton of what’s believed to be a new dinosaur species - a 105-foot plant-eater that is among the largest dinosaurs ever found - has been uncovered in Argentina, scientists said Monday.<

I just they aged it properly before they buried it so we don’t have another controversy like the pterodactyl.

[RightWhale]

Another one! Is it related to the one in last week’s thread?

[Jet Jaguar]

Of interest? ping

[SteveH]

Woops, you are right, it was posted last week
under a different (AP?) title. Sorry everyone!

[battlegearboat]

Ancient history.

Prehistoric, actually.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Earlier thread had different title.

[xcamel]

should be: 105Footalongasaurus dukei
or just ‘damnbigosaurus’
and as for the Titanosaurs...guess they were sunk from the get-go.

[RightWhale]

The genetic search function gives spotty results.

[Stayfree]

Didn’t know Hugo Chavez was descended from a long line of plant eaters...big enough thought...

[taxesareforever]

New species means new theories. Open up that gap book. Gotta find a spot for it.

[70times7]

From the complete article: North America's dinosaurs don't even compare, Mackovicky added in a phone interview. "Dinosaurs do get big here, but nothing near the proportions we see in South America."

That is because of the advanced economics of North America. After being dug up, scientific testing of the buried bondisaurus indicated that although roughly normal size, its skeleton supported an abnormally large musculature. *Spectrographic analysis indicates some sort of substance was used.

[Bars4Bill]

Duke tosses bones to unuseful yapping idiots.

Gotta love it!

[359Henrie]

You are a wordsmith.

[Tanniker Smith]

Actually Futalognkosauru is derived from the Coney Islandish meaning "Nathan's" and "the big one" and is properly pronounced "foot-long-ko-saurus".

I believe the ending means "side of slaw", which of course is nuts. You want a "side of cheese fries". No wonder they went extinct.

[padre35]

Heck, that is nothing, I passed by the site of the bones of another ancient dinosaur skeleton, rather then call for a professional assesment I examined the carcass myself..

As I closed on the fossil, it had writing on it....

New York Times, Weekend Edition..

I named it thusly...Mediaus Narccissus

[Domandred]

I just they aged it properly before they buried it so we don’t have another controversy like the pterodactyl.

I'm not familiar with the dactyl controversy

[isrul]

"Futalognkosaurus dukei"

Sounds like something from South Park episode.

[gondramB]

>>I just they aged it properly before they buried it so we don’t have another controversy like the pterodactyl.

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I’m not familiar with the dactyl controversy<<

There are a couple of pictures floating around of people who seem to have found a pterodactyl. I have always assumed that whoever fakes the ages of those dinosaur fossils just screwed up.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Not all the aging controversies are accidental. Piltdown Man was a deliberate, evolutionist-created hoax. Something about job security—or the “don’t confuse me with facts, my mind’s made up” attitude.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Lots of gaps in the ‘gap book’ to fill.

Could this be one of the creatures mentioned in the Book of Job? Check out the reference to the huge tail.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

> > > > > Actually Futalognkosauru is derived from the Coney Islandish meaning "Nathan's" and "the big one" and is properly pronounced "foot-long-ko-saurus".

> > I believe the ending means "side of slaw", which of course is nuts. You want a "side of cheese fries". No wonder they went extinct.

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[Larry Lucido]

Futalognkosauru

Shouldn't this have been found in Chile instead of Argentina?

[bolobaby]

I’ll give you a hint - same BS twisting of science that surrounds the controversy around the Shroud of Turin.

See there Domandred? It’s easy to make up pretend artifacts on both sides of the fence.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Don't cry for me, Argentina

I'd cry if I found it in my Wendy's Chili.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

LMAO, good one!

[SunkenCiv]

alas...

105-Foot Dinosaur Unearthed in Argentina
Associated Press | 10/15/2007 | Michael Astor
Posted on 10/15/2007 5:00:35 PM EDT by Alter Kaker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911587/posts

‘Giant dino’ (as in 105 ft.) found in Argentina
BBC.com | Monday, 15 October 2007 | staff writer
Posted on 10/16/2007 9:29:07 AM EDT by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1911871/posts

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[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Ahem.

SO...you think your prowess with the Search function proves you have the brawn to soar o’er us?

(Brontosaurus)

No brontosauri were harmed in the creation of this post.

[Larry Lucido]

The footlongasaurus had one known predator: The gray poupon. Faced with one, it developed a yellow streak - in fact, it was really quite a big weiner. Not wanting to meat its adversary, it would hot-dog down the slopes and the predators could never quite catch-up.

[RS]

Just how big was that Ark again ?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

That was the wurst analysis I’ve ever read! Made me want to kielbasa over.

[gunservative]

Reallyflippinhugeasaurus!

[Blood of Tyrants]

BWAHAHA! (snort!)

You bad, bad, boy.

[Tanniker Smith]

Oh, dear, what have I done?

[Larry Lucido]

Just how big was that Ark again ?

Psst. You think it was Ark-ancide?

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

That would be the Bun-ny slopes, I suppose.

[wizr]

Just how big was that Ark again ?

Of course he wasn’t on the Ark.

He was a stick in the mud!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Oh, dear, what have I done?

You have unleashed

Pun-osaurus Rex
upon an innocent and unsuspecting punpulation.

[punster]

“Actually Futalognkosauru is derived from the Coney Islandish meaning “Nathan’s” and “the big one” and is properly pronounced “foot-long-ko-saurus”.”

I don’t know about the dinosaur’s place in the hierarchy, however it does take 12 inches to be a ruler.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[xJones]

The original suggested name of “Fukinlongasaurus” obviously didn’t make it past the censors.

Now that's funny!

[xJones]

Woops, you are right, it was posted last week under a different (AP?) title. Sorry everyone!

Why are you sorry? All of us that missed it the first time are really enjoying it!:)

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

To be frank, I suggest we go no furter on this thread.

[Spirochete]

They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for "giant" and "chief ...."

Name that PC dinosaur.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

You are not just out of your Ball Park, you’re out of your Hebrew National league. You are full of baloney and the wurst excuse for a human bean I’ve never met. Guys like you are a dino dozen.

But—at least you mustard up the courage to speak your mind.

[MovementConservative]

Futalognkosaurus dukei. Can’t they come up with something original?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

THe actual name of the dinosaur, as announced by Nathan’s hotdogs was “Footlongcausestsaurus” ( A footlong hotdog will cause you trouble = tsoros is Yiddish for trouble). Never met a footlong hotdog that gave me trouble, but if you get one with a lot of filler, you could have tsoros.

There was a place at Atlantic City in 1963 that featured cheap foot long hotdogs, and they were pretty good. However, the girl behind the counter serving them was one of the most beautiful young women I had ever seen.

I’ll always remember that hotdog, the “Hotdog of the summer of ‘63”.

Did get to date the hamburger girl in Elizabethtown, Pa, in the summer of ‘65. A really nice, cute and intelligent girl, too. Gladys, I still think of you and your smile.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

My granddaughter will be tickled pink to know that there is another dinosaur model we can add to her collection (now over 20 different types, and growing). And she is only 2-1/2, and knows their names.

She has tea with them every day, and lets some eat marshmellows with her too.

Barney, however, is not her favorite tv character. ELMO is!

THe kid has taste!