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Lionel Mandrake
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Fri Dec-31-10 01:57 PM Original message |
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Behold an artist's reconstruction of a recently discovered dinosaur, Concavenator corcovatus:
 "Concavenator was a medium-sized (roughly 6 meters long) ... dinosaur possessing several unique features. Two extremely tall vertebrae in front of the hips formed a tall but narrow and pointed crest (possibly supporting a hump) on the dinosaur's back. ... "Concavenator had structures resembling quill knobs on its forearm, a feature known only in birds and other feathered theropods, such as Velociraptor. Quill knobs are created by ligaments which attach to the feather follicle ..." Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concavenator |
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