New tyrannosaur discovered in southern Utah

[yuiyoshida]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled a new dinosaur discovered four years ago in southern Utah that proves giant tyrant dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex were around 10 million years earlier than previously believed.

A full skeletal replica of the carnivore — the equivalent of the great uncle of the T. rex — was on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah alongside a 3-D model of the head and a large painted mural of the dinosaur roaming a shoreline.

It was the public's first glimpse at the new species, which researchers named Lythronax argestes (LY'-throw-nax ar-GES'-tees). The first part of the name means "king of gore," and the second part is derived from poet Homer's southwest wind.

The fossils were found in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in November 2009, and a team of paleontologists spent the past four years digging them up and traveling the world to confirm they were a new species.

more..http://news.yahoo.com/tyrannosaur-discovered-southern-utah-195305192.html

[chollybocker]

1. Interesting!

But... "a new dinosaur" ?

Lol. Where does the AP find these genius writers?

[BlueCaliDem]

2. Awesome! eom

[Are_grits_groceries]

3. Is he running for office yet? nt

[gopiscrap]

4. is that Mike Lee or is Orrin Hatch, I can't tell.

[NV Whino]

5. Another Republican

[Orrex]

6. Has Nicholas Cage tried to buy its head yet?

[Coyotl]

7. The King of Gore

[Myrina]

8. Does it have Magic Underwear?

Gracious.

[yuiyoshida]

10. The Geico lizard does not

Have underwear... but if it did.. things would be different on this planet!

[Arugula Latte]

12. No, but it has its own planet by now.

Just hope that's the one you don't get assigned to when it's your time.

[Tree-Hugger]

9. Not true

This is the satan hiding bones and tricking us into believing in dinosaurs so we stop going to church.

That might be funny if people didn't believe things like that.

[Raulrosendo]

11. Scary thing nt

[gopiscrap]

13. welcome to DU

[Erose999]

14. They made a gelatin mold of the bones, but through an unfortunate mixup it was eaten at

an LDS picnic.

On the positive side, they're developing some new cancer fighting drugs synthesized from a wierd jello salad with olives and shrimp in it.

[Wait Wut]

15. "It was covered in scales and feathers."

Too freakin' cool. I'd love to hear that thing roaming the canyon behind my house.

[yuiyoshida]

16. Are you sure?

[Wait Wut]

17. Uh huh.

He might shut the coyotes up. Whatever that noise is they make creeps me out. It's not a howl or bark, it's just freakin' creepy.

The sound of a dinosaur? Way cool!

[yuiyoshida]

18. I think I would rather listen to this...

[Wait Wut]

19. I can barely hear it (crappy work speakers)

...but I do remember the theme song. Beautiful work. It won't shut the coyotes up, though.