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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: Dexter on October 31, 2015, 10:33:50 pm

Title: Newly Described Dakotaraptor: A Giant Raptor From The Hell Creek Formation
Post by: Dexter on October 31, 2015, 10:33:50 pm

https://www.fossilera.com/blog/first-giant-raptor-dromaeosaur-described-from-hell-creek-formation

Most Dromaeosaurs (raptors) were small dinosaurs about the size of the turkey or dog.  For decades fossil teeth have been found hinting at the presence of a gigantic type of Dromaeosaur in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.  Based on the remains of an adult individual discovered in South Dakota in 2005 a new genus of gigantic, feathered raptor has just been described in a paper published by the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute.  Dakotaraptor steini, represents the first giant Dromaeosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, and the most recent in the fossil record worldwide.

Title: Re: Newly Described Dakotaraptor: A Giant Raptor From The Hell Creek Formation
Post by: Lando Lincoln on October 31, 2015, 11:17:11 pm

I find that stuff to be fascinating.