New dinosaur species is a missing link

[Judi Lynn]

New dinosaur species is a missing link
April 12th, 2011
07:15 PM ET

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It's fitting that a place called Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, would yield the discovery of a scary-looking creature. But it's not a ghost - it's a dinosaur.

This dog-sized, ferocious-looking critter is called Daemonosaurus chauliodus, which means something along the lines of “buck-toothed evil lizard,” says Hans-Dieter Sues, lead author of the published research describing this dinosaur, and curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

The illustration above compares the head and neck with a quarter. You can see that it has a short snout and enormous front teeth.

Scientists found the skull and neck of this previously unrecognized dinosaur, and described it in a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

More:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/12/new-dinosaur-species-is-a-missing-link/?hpt=C2

[Sherman A1]

1. Thanks for Posting

This is cool!

"Buck toothed evil Lizard" Gotta love that....:yourock:

[xchrom]

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[Lionel Mandrake]

3. Very peculiar.

The teeth suggest that this beast was a carnivore, but the eyes at the side of the head are a defensive trait more common among herbivores. Also, the slender build would make this animal vulnerable to larger predators.