Huge new dinosaur species found in Argentina

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the largely complete fossil of a new species of giant dinosaur which roamed what is now northern Patagonia about 80 million years ago.

The herbivorous Futalognkosaurus dukei measured between 105 and 112 feet from head to tail.

"It's a new species, it's a new group," Argentine paleontologist Juan Porfiri told a news conference in Rio de Janeiro.

The fossil was 70 percent preserved, which compares to about 10 percent for other giant dinosaur finds in the world.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1536246420071015

[soothsayer]

1. Shoot, I thought you meant....ALIVE!!! Still cool tho.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. Now that would be news!

Yeah, it is still cool though.

[Lasher]

3. No, today's only living dinosaurs are Republicans.

[BrotherBuzz]

16. What about the chicken?

All birds for that matter.

On edit: I read reptile, not republican.

[soothsayer]

25. That's ok. This administration is full of reptilian republican chickens.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. I always have one of those "Calvin moments" when I see these headlines ...

They should say "dinosaur FOSSIL discovered"! :D

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. NOT A FOSSIL! There are christian groups actively searching

the Caves of Africa and South America for the hiding dinosaurs. Because they walked the earth of Adam and Eve, not adam and steve.
the study of so-called Physicks is nothing more than a test of faith, and if you succumb to logic and rational thinking, you lose! Burn in heck, you evil, devil worshiping, science-based person, you!

[Mz Pip]

6. It's a trick

planted by Satan! Check carefully for the "Made in Hell" registered trademark.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[yellowcanine]

5. Gonna create more problems for the Noah's Ark logistics calculations - dang scientists always

confusing things with new data.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. 2 bits, 4 bits, Cubits, a dollar

all creationists, stand up and hollar!

[Seedersandleechers]

7. Pictures

Would love to have seen some pics. Will try the google for some....

[buzzard]

9. delete

[qnr]

34. The small picture at the top of the article in the OP links to a gallery of pics of it n/t

[theHandpuppet]

11. The devil put those fossils there to test our faith

If two of 'em couldn't fit on Noah's ark, they never existed.

[bigworld]

12. another article + pic

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3731126

[Seedersandleechers]

17. Thank you for the link.

[Bicoastal]

13. I think that name could be abbreviated to Funkosaurus...

...and we'd all be happier for it.

[whoneedstickets]

14. Futalongkosaurus -- ? -- Foot Long What!?

nm

[jgraz]

28. Farfegnügensaurus was already taken

[booksenkatz]

15. My 8-year-old son will want to know...

is it bigger than Argentinasaurus? I can't get the link to open.

I always thought that little boys outgrew the dinosaur thing, but my son still has it going very strong. I guess SOME of these little boys have to grow up and really become paleontologists, though, right?
:D

[semillama]

18. Up to 112 feet long, if that helps. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. Try these links

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3731126

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_sc/giant_dinosaur_1

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/15/ap/tech/main3367553.shtml


Hopefully one of these will work better for you.

[booksenkatz]

23. Thanks!

These are great.

[jordi_fanclub]

19. Here's a picture...

Thanks to R. Juarez, picked from here: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/456745
And a manuscript received on July 12, 2007; accepted for publication on August 1, 2007
by J.Calvo, J.Porfiri, B. González-Rigaz and A. Kellner about the "animal": http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v79n3/a13v79n3.pdf

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. That's awesome.

Thanks!

[Judi Lynn]

27. Great link. Thank you. n/t

[AngryAmish]

22. What would happen if Futalognkosaurus fought Ditka?

[DWilliamsamh]

24. Of course Ditka would win! DA beearse

[xchrom]

26. cool -- and i can even say ginormous and mean it.

[aquart]

29. Phooey, No artist's rendering.

I wanna see what it looked like!

[atommom]

31. If you click through all the photos, there is a silhouette of the beast.

Looks like a sauropod.

[damntexdem]

30. But most of them are dead.

[On the Road]

32. I Always Want to See a Pic with these Announcements

Artist's restoration of Futalognkosaurus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futalongkosaurus

OK, so it it looks like a lot of the other brontasaurus-like species. But still....

[alfredo]

33. painting of the animal on this page

As best they can reproduce it. Down the page. If you can read Polish please translate. It looks like Polish.

http://www.dinozaury.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=825&Itemid=703if