First Pluto, and now they Triceratops might
not actually be a valid dinosaur species.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... isted.html
Dang it, science
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I wonder what the annoying Cera, from The Land Before Time would have to say about that...
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I was distraught when bronto bit the dust - remembering the Sinclair Oil exhibit at the 1964 NY World's Fair. I still have my molded green plastic Sinclair Dino, minus the head which broke off years ago. Now if someone offered apatosaurus head retrofits, I'd do it. But noooo ... Talk about misplaced priorities.
Next someone's going to tell me The Thing is a fake, and the Space Age Lodge wasn't built by by aliens. Sheesh.
Next someone's going to tell me The Thing is a fake, and the Space Age Lodge wasn't built by by aliens. Sheesh.
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Cera doesn't need an excuse, she'll headbut anything.emmline wrote:I wonder what the annoying Cera, from The Land Before Time would have to say about that...
This is just one group's findings. We'll see how it shakes out.
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Another example of inaccurate headlines to get attention.
Really the article should have been called "Torosaurus 'never really existed but was just an old version of another dinosaur'" but then no one would have known what they were talking about.All torosaurus specimens will now be reclassified as triceratops, the scientists said.
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Too true.avanutria wrote:Really the article should have been called "Torosaurus 'never really existed but was just an old version of another dinosaur'" but then no one would have known what they were talking about.
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It's a torosaurus and a brontosaurus! Now I'm a little relieved that neither exists.
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All torosaurus specimens will now be reclassified as triceratops, the scientists said.
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and this is why it is science, not dogma.
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as we stand here, mired in the quicksand, hopin' our dogma will hold us up, in these troubled times. 
just be glad he's not verbose, that sentence could'a gone on....
just be glad he's not verbose, that sentence could'a gone on....
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lately I've been going to On-and-On-Anon...
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What happened to Brontosaurus? It was one of my favourites as a child (my brother had a lovely set of plastic dinos), and then people just stopped mentioning its name... I never knew why... bit like when a favourite aunt becomes a prostitute (not that that ever happened in my family, I hasten to add. As far as I know.)
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Brontosaurus was my favourite but http://www.angelfire.com/mi/dinosaurs/brontosaurus.html
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Thank you! What a shame. Bronto was definitely more attractive than that Apathysaurus.
That explains it. By 1975 my brother had moved on from plastic dinosaurs to rock music and first attempts at alcohol abuse.This mistake lasted until 1975, when Dr. Jack Mc Intosh and Dr. David Berman proved to the scientific community that the Brontosaurus was actually the body of an Apatosaurus.