Dinosaurs on the RTE News

Galvasean

Anyone catch the 6 o' clock news tonight?
There was a report about a UCD palaeontologist who, out in the Sahara, disovered what appears to be the leg bone from a new kind of sauropod (long neck dino). Other finds included the tip of the snout belonging to a giant crocodile (looks like Sarcosuchus to me) and a vertabrae from what he called "the largest meat eating dinosaur" (I'm guessing that's Spinosaurus).

Nerin

Spinosaurus < Trex

Galvasean

In size probably not, but I think I see what you're hinting at....

Nerdy dino in-joke LOL :pac:

edit: Code doesn't allow smilies. Well I'll be a struthioforms uncle.:pac:

Galvasean

Hmmm, must be the same expedition as this:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114750.htm


edit: yep. I even made a thread on it. I'll repost said info for simplicities sake:

A medium-large sized sauropod and a new pterosaur.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081218-new-dinosaurs-photo.html



edit: the bone in the pic is from the sauropod, not the pterosaur in case anyone is frightened.

Galvasean

The Indo had a small piece on this. Not much info (spent too much time making title puns):

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dinosaur-hunter-works-fingers-to-bone-1605196.html

Sherifu

I thought this was going to be about Anne Doyle.