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Sereno to announce very first "digging raptor"!

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    #2
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    That picture had me thinking it was a truly gigantic digging raptor for a moment! :eek:

    Man I'd love to attend some of those lectures.


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    Adam Khor
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    It seems that Sereno considers the "digging raptor" to be his strangest find to date, and he says that it was "a predator that pursued prey by digging them out of their burrows".

    Oh c´mon! Announce this already!!! :eek:


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    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I'm really looking forward to the announcement. I wonder what it will look like and how they extrapolated that it was a digger.


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    Ziphius
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Ziphius


    Adam Khor wrote: »
    It seems that Sereno considers the "digging raptor" to be his strangest find to date, and he says that it was "a predator that pursued prey by digging them out of their burrows".

    Oh c´mon! Announce this already!!! :eek:

    Any news? It's been two days already.


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    Adam Khor
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    Ziphius wrote: »
    Any news? It's been two days already.

    Not yet :( And the tension is killing me...


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    Adam Khor
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    Keep tuned, people, apparently the "digging raptor" will be announced very soon.
    Also, it's not actually a raptor, but a noasaurid, the most complete found to date. Apparently, Sereno also says new Spinosaurus remains have been found which will once and for all show what it looked like and confirm it as the biggest theropod known.


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    Adam Khor
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    No name or official release yet but here's this animation that shows both what the new dino looks like AND its suggested arm range of motion and digging technique.

    http://vimeo.com/37929313

    Very interesting :B


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    #9
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Imagine that creepy thing coming down the tunnels after you! :eek:


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    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Imagine that creepy thing coming down the tunnels after you! :eek:


    Or coming out of them after you :eek:

    A bit like a 6' trapdoor spider


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    #11
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    This thread needs more :eek:


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    #12
    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Galvasean wrote: »
    This thread needs more :eek:

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::D


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