Philosophy
"A Fossil Shows Dinosaurs Permanently Locked In A Fight"
by
Sarah Jacoby
October 31st, 2013
Popular Science
This month, two fossilized dinosaurs, locked in eternal battle, will be auctioned off at Bonhams in New York City. Experts expect them to fetch one of the highest ever prices for a fossil, up to $9 million. The pair’s prehistoric fight was intense. The carnivore, called a Nanotyrannus, sports a cracked skull, and 26 of its teeth are lodged in the body of an herbivorous Triceratops-like dino. But the fossil’s significance goes beyond the action; the find, predicted to be more than 90 percent complete, could yield definitive evidence about whether the Nanotyrannus is actually a new type of dinosaur or just a young T. rex—evidence that other fragmented fossils can’t provide. Discovered in 2006 on private land in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, the cretaceous-era duo is priced too high for any museum to purchase outright, which is why it’s headed to the block.
Nanotyrannus [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
Nanotyrannus forever in combat
An artist's rendition.
"A Fossil Shows Dinosaurs Permanently Locked In A Fight"
by
Sarah Jacoby
October 31st, 2013
Popular Science
This month, two fossilized dinosaurs, locked in eternal battle, will be auctioned off at Bonhams in New York City. Experts expect them to fetch one of the highest ever prices for a fossil, up to $9 million. The pair’s prehistoric fight was intense. The carnivore, called a Nanotyrannus, sports a cracked skull, and 26 of its teeth are lodged in the body of an herbivorous Triceratops-like dino. But the fossil’s significance goes beyond the action; the find, predicted to be more than 90 percent complete, could yield definitive evidence about whether the Nanotyrannus is actually a new type of dinosaur or just a young T. rex—evidence that other fragmented fossils can’t provide. Discovered in 2006 on private land in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, the cretaceous-era duo is priced too high for any museum to purchase outright, which is why it’s headed to the block.
Nanotyrannus [Wikipedia]
- T. Rex Has Company
"Meet the newly discovered dinosaur that even tyrannosaurs were afraid of" by Lance Tillson November 23rd, 2013 National Monitor Researchers from The Field Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) and North Carolina State University...
- Thalattosaur's Fossilized Skeleton Found In Alaska
What causes an "extreme low tide"? "Rare fossil of sea reptile found on Alaska beach" by Yereth Rosen July 29th, 2011 Reuters Alaska scientists have discovered the fossil of a rare, prehistoric marine reptile that is likely the most complete remnant...
- Deceased--harley Garbani
Harley Garbani September 19th, 1922 to April 21st, 2011 "Harley Garbani dies at 88; fossil hunter unearthed significant dinosaur finds" A self-taught paleontologist and archaeologist with a longtime passion for hunting dinosaur bones, Harley Garbani...
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"Rex Finally Has a Buyer, We Just Don’t Know Who" by Betsy Mason November 12th, 2009 Wired Samson, as the giant fossil is affectionately known, failed to fetch enough at the live auction to satisfy the owner. In October, Tom Lindgren, who curated...
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This is not good, but not new. Remember Sue the T. Rex? Sue Hendrickson, amateur paleontologist, discovered the most complete (more than 90%) and, until 2001, the largest, Tyrannosaurus fossil skeleton known in the Hell Creek Formation near Faith, South...