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Mystery hunter 'As big as T.rex'

Galvasean · 2008-08-24 23:14:02

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=1f98ca92-aad6-432f-ab59-eda6cf86531b Pity the only evidence of this creature (late jurassic-early Cretaceous) is footprints. They reckon it is some kind of allosaurid. I wonder which one, maybe a new one? Place your bets now.

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25-08-2008 12:14am

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Galvasean

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http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=1f98ca92-aad6-432f-ab59-eda6cf86531b

Pity the only evidence of this creature (late jurassic-early Cretaceous) is footprints. They reckon it is some kind of allosaurid. I wonder which one, maybe a new one?
Place your bets now.

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#2 25-08-2008 9:39pm
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I see the "brontosaurus" is still doing the rounds :pac:

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#3 26-08-2008 12:10pm
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Actually, there is a small number of palaeontologists (most notably Robert T. Bakker) who reckon one species of Apatosaurus (A. ajax) - formerly known as Brontosaurus ajax is different enough from other kinds types of Apatosaurus to warrant it's own genus... which would be...
Brontosaurus!!!!! :eek::pac::D:eek:

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