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segunda-feira, 30 de agosto de 2010

"Stocky Dragon" Dinosaur Terrorized Late Cretaceous Europe

 

"Stocky Dragon" Dinosaur Terrorized Late Cretaceous Europe
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:45:00 -0500

Photo of the fossilized hindlimb of Balaur bondoc.

Paleontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island landscape largely isolated from nearby continents.

While island animals tend to be smaller and more primitive than their continental cousins, the theropod Balaur bondoc was as large as its relatives on other parts of the globe, and demonstrated advanced adaptations including fused bones and two terrifyingly large claws on each hind ...

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