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Newly identified dinosaur that lived on island of dwarfed creatures had an unusual head
CNN ^
| November 28, 2022
| Katie Hunt,
Posted on 11/28/2022 5:20:33 PM PST by BenLurkin
Discovered in what’s now western Romania, the Transylvanosaurus platycephalus (flatheaded reptile from Transylvania) was 2 meters (6 feet) long — a relatively small size for a dinosaur, according to a new study. Its skull bones were unearthed in 2007 in a riverbed of the Haţeg Basin.
In the Cretaceous Period, this region of Romania was a tropical archipelago. Dinosaurs living there were smaller than their relatives elsewhere; paleontologists think these dinosaurs were an example of what biologists call “island rule,” where large animals isolated on islands become dwarfed or stunted in their growth over time and small animals become larger.
Sauropods, the largest type of dinosaurs that have ever lived, reached average heights of a puny 6 meters (nearly 20 feet) on the archipelago, for example, compared with 15 to 20 meters (49.2 to 65.6 feet) typical for the group.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cretaceous; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; noahsmalarkey; paleontology; romania; sauropods; transylvanosaurus
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posted on
11/28/2022 5:20:33 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Related to the Lickalotapuss?
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11/28/2022 5:22:52 PM PST
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Bikkuri
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To: BenLurkin
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11/28/2022 5:23:17 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: BenLurkin
In before the James Carville reference.
To: BenLurkin
Huge reptiles were only possible thanks to the lush vegetation of an atmosphere rich in CO2.
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11/28/2022 5:28:05 PM PST
by
jdsteel
(PA voters elected a stroke victim and a dead guy. Not a joke.)
To: jdsteel
lol... gotta tread lightly with that one though!! if thats indeed the truth, then we should have some kind of measuring device esatblished! dont wanna have and close encounters with any T-Rexs anytime soon!!
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11/28/2022 5:32:34 PM PST
by
sit-rep
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To: Fester Chugabrew
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posted on
11/28/2022 5:41:37 PM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: EvilCapitalist
It does have a snake head appearance!
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posted on
11/28/2022 5:46:48 PM PST
by
airborne
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To: BenLurkin
Hillarryadaurus from Manhattan
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:19:22 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: BenLurkin
Please don’t tell me it was related to that obnoxious purple freak of nature Barney.
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11/28/2022 6:31:19 PM PST
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No name given
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To: BenLurkin
To: GaltAdonis
Nice pic. Wonder who graded the road.
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:53:54 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: GaltAdonis
Nice pic. Wonder who graded the road.
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posted on
11/28/2022 6:54:28 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: going hot
An overweight triceratops maybe?
To: going hot
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posted on
11/28/2022 7:43:40 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: BenLurkin
They’ve constructed an entire animal, and wrote a history of it bases on a literal handful of bone fragments? Not worthy of comment!
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11/28/2022 7:52:04 PM PST
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Tucker39
("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
To: BenLurkin
Had an unusual head? Should’ve named it the Adam-Schiffasaurus
To: BenLurkin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. I wonder who was first to triceratops?
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11/28/2022 9:20:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: martin_fierro
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11/28/2022 9:37:06 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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