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Museum IDs New Species of Dinosaur

Posted by Hemos on from the dinosuars-rock dept.

Uryugen writes "A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between older dinosaurs with even larger horns and the small-horned creatures that followed, experts said. The dinosaur's horns, thick as a human arm, are like those of triceratops — which came 10 million years later. However, this animal belonged to a subfamily that usually had bony nubbins a few inches long above their eyes"

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  1. "Nubbins" by Diordna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Am I the only one who chuckles whenever they read or hear the word "nubbins"?

    1. Re:"Nubbins" by wolff000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      hehehe Nope I laughed too. For those that think we are childish all I have to say is my dad can beat up your dad, so HAH.

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    2. Re:"Nubbins" by TheRon6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I, for one, have already chuckled when I heard the word "nubbin."

      O'Malley: Where's the mouse on this thing?

      Doc: It has one of those little red rubber dot thingies on the keyboard. That's way better than a mouse. I call it the nubbin. Who wants to touch my nubbin?

      -Red vs. Blue, Episode 45

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  2. What's in a name? by RyanFenton · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Had I the choice, I would have dubbed it 'antistoogeisaur' ("Why-I-oughta... Ooch, my poor hand!")

    I wonder if the bulls had any trouble with competition and eye loss during mating season.

    Ryan Fenton

  3. Re:Oh no he didn't by TheThiefMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your links don't work. 404 not found error.

  4. Re:Oh no he didn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Remove the slashes after the 'html' part of the address.

    Did I really have to explain that on a site like Slashdot?

  5. Re:Two Responses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I swear, if it weren't for the creationists, you morons wouldn't have even a single particle of interest in any scientific development that doesn't go into either your computer case or Star Trek. How sad are the comments on every single science story here?

  6. Re:Two Responses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I swear, if it weren't for the creationists, you morons wouldn't have even a single particle of interest in any scientific development that doesn't go into either your computer case or Star Trek. How sad are the comments on every single science story here?
    Well, the last post I had was about none of that.

    I try to say something funny and someone bitches at me.

    "Christ, you know it ain't easy, they're going to crucify me." - John Lennon