Leapin' Appalachian lizards...a new dinosaur

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:06 am

Science - Canadian Press

Scientists dub new dinosaur the Appalachian lizard from Montgomery County

Fri Apr 15, 9:38 PM ET Science - Canadian Press

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Paleontologists have identified a new dinosaurspecies, an early relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that probably roamed what is now the southeastern United States about 77 million years ago.

The scientists made the identification from hundreds of fossilized fragments collected mostly in Montgomery County, Ala., and southwestern Georgia.

They named the new dinosaur Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis, which means the Appalachian lizard from Montgomery County. The eight-metre-long creature roamed the Earth 10 million years before T. rex and was smaller and more primitive, with a narrower snout.

David Schwimmer of Columbus State University; Thomas Carr of Carthage College of Kenosha, Wis.; and Thomas Williamson of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science were credited with the discovery when the dinosaur's name was recognized by the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

"We've been finding teeth and odd bones from this animal for 20 years and it's nice to finally have a name for it," Schwimmer said.

The researchers said Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was buried in mud at the bottom of a shallow sea about 77.8 million years ago, after currents carried it away from shore.

MarkB

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:02 am

MarkB wrote:...the Appalachian lizard from Montgomery County ...
was smaller and more primitive, with a narrower snout.

...The researchers said Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was buried in mud ...

Right, the Appalachian lizard: On Saturday nights hereabouts he can be found at the tractor pull, buried in mud, with his narrow snout in a Pabst tall-boy.

Caj · Post by **Caj** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:13 am

Well, time to amend those Alabama biology textbooks.

Caj

missy · Post by **missy** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:14 am

from the article:
"We've been finding teeth...."

Aw, common, it's from Appalachia and it's got TEETH????!!!!

(I'm kidding, I'm kidding!)

Missy

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:26 am

missy wrote:from the article:
"We've been finding teeth...."

Aw, common, it's from Appalachia and it's got TEETH????!!!!
(I'm kidding, I'm kidding!)

Missy

It HAD teeth.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:11 pm

Yes they had teeth but where did they buy them from the general store in the holler.

MarkB

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:13 pm

MarkB wrote:Paleontologists have identified a new dinosaurspecies, an early relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that probably roamed what is now the southeastern United States about 77 million years ago.
[...]
The researchers said Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was buried in mud at the bottom of a shallow sea about 77.8 million years ago, after currents carried it away from shore.

Caj wrote:Well, time to amend those Alabama biology textbooks.

You know the report is bogus. After all, the earth is only about 6,000 years old.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:22 pm

Darwin wrote: You know the report is bogus. After all, the earth is only about 6,000 years old.

See this article on James Ussher:

http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2003/10 ... 2003.shtml

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:52 am

How can a thread about dinosaurs turn into a slam on Christianity as it is surely turning. I expect Lorenzo and Wombat any minute.

As for the mountain jokes, has Cowtime seen this thread yet?

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:57 am

Flyingcursor wrote:How can a thread about dinosaurs turn into a slam on Christianity as it is surely turning. I expect Lorenzo and Wombat any minute.

As for the mountain jokes, has Cowtime seen this thread yet?

Hey, Fly, I'm a Christian, and the article I pointed out is from a Christian Website.

I also live in the mountains, kinda-sorta, and have 27 of the original 32 (minus one back molar and all 4 wisdom teeth. That explains everything with me!)

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:04 am

BrassBlower wrote:
Flyingcursor wrote:How can a thread about dinosaurs turn into a slam on Christianity as it is surely turning. I expect Lorenzo and Wombat any minute.

As for the mountain jokes, has Cowtime seen this thread yet?
Hey, Fly, I'm a Christian, and the article I pointed out is from a Christian Website.

I also live in the mountains, kinda-sorta, and have 27 of the original 32 (minus one back molar and all 4 wisdom teeth. That explains everything with me!)

Yes but it's far easier for me to jump to conclusions then research.

.

There seem to be a lot of mountain people here. I only make jokes about my own kind. Michigan Yokels.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:31 am

Flyingcursor wrote:
BrassBlower wrote:
Flyingcursor wrote:How can a thread about dinosaurs turn into a slam on Christianity as it is surely turning. I expect Lorenzo and Wombat any minute.

As for the mountain jokes, has Cowtime seen this thread yet?
Hey, Fly, I'm a Christian, and the article I pointed out is from a Christian Website.

I also live in the mountains, kinda-sorta, and have 27 of the original 32 (minus one back molar and all 4 wisdom teeth. That explains everything with me!)
Yes but it's far easier for me to jump to conclusions then research. .

There seem to be a lot of mountain people here. I only make jokes about my own kind. Michigan Yokels.

By the way, I like your avatar!

missy · Post by **missy** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:43 am

Hey - Fly -

I only pick on what I am or know, too. DH is sorta mountain (he was born in West Virginia). My ex's family is from SE Kentucky (which makes my kids 1/4 Appalachian, and a "minority" as far as Cincinnati is concerned!). So when I make jokes about it, it's only cuz I really love the people.

As for ME? Well, wanna hear some jokes about short, skinflint, Germans?

Missy

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:04 am

Flyingcursor wrote:How can a thread about dinosaurs turn into a slam on Christianity as it is surely turning.

Christianity? I think the slam (if any) was on some fringe Christian sects, not on Christianity.

rebelpiper · Post by **rebelpiper** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:21 am

Caj wrote:Well, time to amend those Alabama biology textbooks.

Caj

textbooks???? there are no textbooks in alabama. we just got running water down here.

woooooohoooooooooo

BTW..i really am a redneck and i do love my south

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