Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur Found

LocutusMIT writes, "Scientists have discovered the bones of what could be largest meat-eating dinosaur ever to walk the Earth -- a needle-nosed, razor-toothed beast that may have been more terrifying than even Tyrannosaurus rex." No word on when the findings will be properly published in a scientific journal.

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Surprise!

[tesserae]

I had to laugh at the headline, "Dinosaur Fossils Challenge Theories." They do have a habit of doing that, don't they!

In a field as difficult as paleontology, where the scientists have to rely on the occasional fortuitous discovery of the remains of a critter which was fortuitously fossilized, the theories pretty much have to be sparse in detail compared to the reality. I can't remember ever reading a headline which said, "Dinosaur Fossils Confirm Theories In Excruciating Detail."

That said, this is an interesting find, and it really doesn't challenge everyone's theories: Robert Bakker (for one) has been claiming for years that some of the carnivorous dinosaurs would be pack hunters. Then again, he's made a lot of conjectures which were first soundly rejected, but have since gained widespread support... not that he's always right, but I guess some paleontologists are better cluereaders than others -- or are less hidebound, maybe.

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