Giant Turkey-Like Dinosaur Found in Utah

[riona]

James Owen
for National Geographic News
April 7, 2006

Fossil hunters in Utah have uncovered a new species of birdlike, meat- eating dinosaur that researchers compare to a giant, flightless turkey.

Having lived some 75 million years ago, the two-legged dinosaur was twice the size of related species found in Canada and the northern United States, say fossil experts at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.The find shows that a group of dinosaurs called oviraptors roamed much farther south than previously thought, they add.

Oviraptors had simple feathers, winglike arms, powerful legs, long claws, and powerful, toothless beaks for shearing through food.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0407_060407_dinosaur.html

[alterfurz]

1. the missing link...

...to Orin Hatch?

[fob]

2. No. They're still looking for the Assholasaurus, which predates the

Hatchadumbassadon.

[riona]

4. don't you know an hatchraptor when you see one?

[Atman]

3. Orin Hatch?

I didn't even know he'd gone missing. Did he wander away from the home again?

[C_U_L8R]

5. Rovedactyl? Bushasaurus? Cheneyraptor?

[LiberalEsto]

6. Found nearby: the Gravysaurus

the Yamosaurus, and the dreaded Stuffingosaurus.

[riona]

7. and i put this in the science forum?

this was a loungesaurus.
:tinfoilhat:

[livvy]

8. Can you imagine...

a seven foot turkey coming at you at 30mph, with clawed "hands" stretched out towards you?
Cool article!

[Ready4Change]

9. Surrounded by cranberry sauce and gravy?

Ah, a delicious death if there ever were one!