New dinosaur discovered ...

[Aletheia]

... in my own backyard. (Well, a little further south than my backyard, but still pretty close.)

Giant Raptor Dinosaur Discovered in Utah

U of U

The new dinosaur, formally dubbed Hagryphus giganteus, which means "giant four-footed, bird-like god of the western desert” in reference to the animal's outward resemblance to a large land bird, its giant stature, and its discovery in the Utah desert.

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[FreezBee]

More info can be found at DinoData.

What do the creationists have to say about this?


- FreezBee

[SteveF]

What do the creationists have to say about this?

More to the point, who cares.

[Aletheia]

More info can be found at DinoData.

What do the creationists have to say about this?


- FreezBee

Thanks for the link to the other site.

Not being a YEC, I'm not sure what they say.

[SteveF]

The paper itself:

Zanno, L.E. and Sampson, S.D. (2005) A new oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25, 897-904.

Abstract: Recent field expeditions to Upper Cretaceous deposits within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. southern Utah, have revealed a diverse dinosaurian fauna that includes a previously unknown oviraptorosaur theropod. Represented by a single partial specimen consisting of manal and pedal elements, this new taxon, Hagryphus giganteus, gen. et. sp. nov., is estimated to be 30-40% larger than the coeval oviraptorosam, Chirostenotes. The holotype consists of a nearly complete, articulated left manus, a partial, articulated pedal digit II, and a series of fragmentary pedal phalanges and distal metatarsals. Several autapomorphies are present in the manus, related primarily to proportional differences in metacarpals and phalanges. Previous finds of North American oviraptorosaurs have been restricted to Alberta. Montana. and South Dakota. The discovery of this new specimen from southern Utah greatly expands the known geographic distribution of these theropods, nearly doubling the previously documented range of North American oviraptorosaurs.

[Aletheia]

I loved growing up here. My father and I used to go fossil hunting at least once a month. I have more trilobite fossils than I can shake a stick at. Ferns too.

[Soundsurfr]

More info can be found at DinoData.

What do the creationists have to say about this?


- FreezBee

SSHHHHHHH! They first have to place some fossilized human footprints next to it, then they'll comment.

[TheGreenMan]

I loved growing up here. My father and I used to go fossil hunting at least once a month. I have more trilobite fossils than I can shake a stick at. Ferns too.

Did you get them from over west of Delta?

Have you ever been out to Topaz Mountain? If not you should. There is topaz out there everywhere.

[Bill the Cat]

:trex:

Really cool stuff!

[FreezBee]

SSHHHHHHH! They first have to place some fossilized human footprints next to it, then they'll comment.

No, no, creationists would never do such a thing, perish the thought
One thing is to misinterpret the eroded dino footsteps in the Paluxy River as human footsteps, but creationists don't do frauds, only evilutionists do such things.

This is of course counting Ron Wyatt out, but since he didn't agree with John Morris about the appropriate landing place of Noah's Ark, he is anyway not counted as a proper YECist.

What's more, since the discovery of the supposed Hagryphus giganteus was done within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, we can safely conclude that this "fossil" really was the remnants of a fried chicken left there by a careless visitor to the monument.

Case closed!


- FreezBee