Discovery reveals where dinosaurs originated -- South America when it was part of Pangea

[steven johnson]

Tawa hallae, a Triassic carnivorous dinosaur who lived 215 million years ago in South America is of a primitive precursor to Tyrannosaurus Rex. This 6.5 foot long carnivore has characteristics of birds and dinosaurs.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2009-12-10-dinosaurs-south-america_N.htm

The earliest dinosaurs originated and diverged in what is now South America before trekking across the globe more than 220 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one gargantuan landmass called Pangea.

Nesbitt and his colleagues describe the dinosaur in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal Science. Their analyses suggest T. hallae lived some 213 million years ago and was a primitive theropod (mostly carnivorous dinosaur that walked on two legs). Like Velociraptor, the dinosaur was likely covered with feather-like structures and sported claws and serrated teeth for snagging prey.

"If you have continents splitting apart, you get isolation," Nesbitt said. "So when barriers develop, you would expect that multiple carnivorous dinosaurs in a region should represent a closely related endemic radiation. But that is what we don't see in early dinosaur evolution."


Discovery reveals where dinosaurs originated

[platoslab]

1. Pangaea is a myth

There is good evidence supporting Earth expansion which is incompatible with Pangaea theory.

http://www.nealadams.com/nmu.html

[baldguy]

3. I must say, that's the most original load of insane horseshit I've ever seen.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[platoslab]

5. Pangea is horsesh*t

The fact that all continents on Earth fit together thereby forming a smaller sphere cannot be coincidence. Even the Moon, Mars and other planets share the same surface pattern characteristics.

[baldguy]

8. Where did all the extra mass come from to fill up the interior?

Or is the earth really hollow, à la Edgar Rice Burroughs?

[platoslab]

10. Nuclear Reactions within Earth's molten core

If we consider huge dinosaurs and animals with large hind legs I believe it should be safe to speculate that our gravity was lower at the time.

Any species evolved from a low gravity environment will likely find hopping more efficient for travel. This is a possible explanation for the evolution of stronger hind legs in some animals. Low gravity also results in less stress on the body which may encourage more growth.

Based on the above observations a hollow core is simply impossible since an increasing gravitational field can only result from more mass. Where does the mass come from? very good question, indeed.

The short answer: Nuclear reactions in the core.

The long answer: We now know from experiments conducted by scientists and the United States Navy that low energy nuclear reactions are possible. Some refer to it as "cold fusion" or "LENR" or "CANR". The science behind such reactions is relatively new however they all share the same ingredients seen in the Earth's core. That is, molten metal(from reacted areas) and hydrogen/deuterium gas.

The current prevailing theory explains that a metal(like iron, nickel, palladium..) can absorb a hydrogen gas atom and confine it. It is a novel method to confine atoms close enough for fusion. Fusion results in transmutation of elements which can explain new elements that were not originally present.

Since Earth does not exist in a perfect vacuum, aren't such reactions likey to occur?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. That's a good point.

The tallest living thing that ever existed is the sequoia, and they went extinct billions of years ago.

It seems to me that your theory is the most possible one, but if the expansion of the earth is caused by nuclear reactions, who built the nuclear reactors.

[eppur_se_muova]

19. ZOMG! It's Archimedes Plutonium!

Returned from the graveyard of Usenet!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Likebox/Archimedes_Plutonium

[platoslab]

23. U.S. Navy Research on Cold Fusion

Link:

http://www.lenr-canr.org/Collections/USNavy.htm

I guess they are all just a bunch of quacks to you.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. Who said anything about quacks?

:shrug:

[struggle4progress]

20. Um, it's well-known that the interior of the earth is completely filled with giraffes, so there's

not really enough room for nuclear reactions

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. You've got a good point.

It's easy to spot all the major continents on the moon.

[platoslab]

11. lol

:spray:

Moon Expansion video:

http://www.continuitystudios.net/clip03.html

[arcane1]

4. I am overwhelmed by all of the evidence presented on that site

Not :)

[HopeHoops]

6. Well ... that .... was ... certainly ... weird.

Do you have any references that are based on scientific evidence and written...without...all...the...ellipses?

[platoslab]

17. Google Book

Theories of the earth and universe: a history of dogma in the earth sciences By Samuel Warren Carey

http://books.google.com/books?id=l_0l0KOdHLoC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=Theories+of+the+Earth+and+Universe:+A+History+of+Dogma+in+the+Earth+Sciences&source=bl&ots=G9BzLyzbEk&sig=neBszOxLjdEx8RXZ9JCpSMmkKqM&hl=en&ei=KqghS9KNF42Vtge1uOXeBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false

[laconicsax]

14. !

:spray:

Wait...you were serious? :rofl:

[baldguy]

15. and Greenwich Mean Time is wrong and evil, too.

http://www.timecube.com/

[laconicsax]

16. Hey--let's not drag Gene Ray into this.

[semillama]

28. Unfortunately, time cube stopped being funny

when Gene Ray revealed himself to not just be a raving loonie, but a virulent racist and homophobe as well. It's like learning Dr. Bronner was a hamster molester.

[baldguy]

29. The hollow earth advocates aren't a warm & fuzzy bunch either.

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Are you the one responsible for those "Stop Plate Tectonics" T-shirts? nt

[platoslab]

24. Nope

I am not arguing against the existence of plate tectonics which is observable. Continental drift is another matter.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. Please explain the difference between plate tectonics and continental drift.

Kthnxbai

[d_b]

21. +1

I laughed.

[Orrex]

26. Well, that would explain why I have to walk farther to get to my mailbox.

[Thor_MN]

32. Also explains why my shoes seem to be getting farther away each year

I must be getting taller. Also, it seems that my hair can't keep with my height increase, it's sliding toward my back.

[silverweb]

27. Of course.

The cartoonist presents "good evidence" against scientific hypotheses.

:crazy:

I'll wait for the guys with the education and experience in their scientific fields to fight this out, thanks.

[ashling]

2. Was Jesus ever in South America?

[HopeHoops]

7. Only on his trip to the casino.

Noah had a magic capability to make dinosaurs small so they would fit on the ark.

[platoslab]

13. What a predicament

Maybe we should now pronounce his name as "Hey-suse".

[Goldstein1984]

22. I want to comment on the Pangea myth thing but...

I guess I've been hopelessly programmed by the scientific establishment.

There's room on an expanding planet for conflicting opinions, though.

Seriously, you are certainly entitled to hold unconventional opinions, and sometimes unconventional opinions become conventional with time. But I don't predict that this one is going anywhere.

[Orrex]

25. I suppose this confirms that dinosaurs lived a brazillion years ago.