Dude! New Dinosaur!

October 15th, 2007 (01:48 pm)

Tags: dinosaurs, science

They found a HUGE dinosaur in Argentina!!!!

Scientists from Argentina and Brazil said the Patagonian dinosaur appears to represent a previously unknown species of Titanosaur because of the unique structure of its neck. They named it Futalognkosaurus dukei after the Mapuche Indian words for "giant" and "chief," and for Duke Energy Argentina, which helped fund the skeleton's excavation.

Look, I'm dumb. I can't pronounce the dinosaur's name. I'll just shorten it to "Funkosaurus."

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Posted by: Dirty Librarian (

dirtylibrarian)

Posted at: October 16th, 2007 01:04 am (UTC)

I think it is adorable how excited you are about this.

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Posted by: mooreroom (

nevikmoore)

Posted at: October 16th, 2007 02:28 am (UTC)

It comes from having kids. They go nuts about dinosaurs. Same with planets and new cosmological discoveries. If they found a new planet with dino bones on it, our heads would explode.

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Posted by: ((Anonymous))

Posted at: October 16th, 2007 05:26 am (UTC)

Even better

You know what would be really really really awesome? If they found a new planet with dinosaur bones on it, and they named the planet UNDERWEAR.

Joanna (aka Girl With a Theory)

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Posted by: mooreroom (

nevikmoore)

Posted at: October 16th, 2007 02:44 pm (UTC)

Re: Even better

And they named the dinosaur BUTTOSAURUS!

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