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New Dinosaur Species Is a Missing Link

Posted by samzenpus on from the filling-in-the-blanks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new dinosaur provides a link between what paleontologists consider 'early' and 'later' dinosaurs. There's a gap in the fossil record between the oldest known dinosaurs, which walked or ran on their hind legs about 230 million years ago in Argentina and Brazil, and other predatory dinosaurs that lived much later. Daemonosaurus chauliodus helps fill in a blank in dinosaur history."

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  1. And now there are TWO gaps! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And now there are TWO gaps!

  2. "Daemon"osaurus? by TheABomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did it run on Linux?

    Sorry, but it is /., so I had to ask.

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    1. Re:"Daemon"osaurus? by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: 3, Funny

      It ran on the ground, but Linux may well have ran on it.

      If you watch closely, you can see it running in the background in Jurassic Park.

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  3. Species 404? by PPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    The missing link?

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  4. New* Dinosaur Species by FiloEleven · · Score: 4, Funny

    *For very old values of New.

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