New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio rex' Disproves Bible
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New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio rex' Disproves Bible
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27296357
New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio rex'
A new type of Tyrannosaur with a very long nose has been nicknamed "Pinocchio rex".
The ferocious carnivore, nine metres long with a distinctive horny snout, was a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Its skeleton was dug up in a Chinese construction site and identified by scientists at Edinburgh University, UK.
The 66-million-year-old predator, officially named Qianzhousaurus sinensis, is described in Nature Communications.
"Pinocchio" looked very different to other tyrannosaurs.
"It had the familiar toothy grin of T. rex, but its snout was long and slender, with a row of horns on top," said Edinburgh's Dr Steve Brusatte.
"It might have looked a little comical, but it would have been as deadly as any other tyrannosaur, and maybe even a little faster and stealthier.
"We thought it needed a nickname, and the long snout made us think of Pinocchio's long nose."
Researchers now believe several different tyrannosaur types lived alongside each other in Asia during the Cretaceous Period - hunting different prey.
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New Tyrannosaur named 'Pinocchio rex'
A new type of Tyrannosaur with a very long nose has been nicknamed "Pinocchio rex".
The ferocious carnivore, nine metres long with a distinctive horny snout, was a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Its skeleton was dug up in a Chinese construction site and identified by scientists at Edinburgh University, UK.
The 66-million-year-old predator, officially named Qianzhousaurus sinensis, is described in Nature Communications.
"Pinocchio" looked very different to other tyrannosaurs.
"It had the familiar toothy grin of T. rex, but its snout was long and slender, with a row of horns on top," said Edinburgh's Dr Steve Brusatte.
"It might have looked a little comical, but it would have been as deadly as any other tyrannosaur, and maybe even a little faster and stealthier.
"We thought it needed a nickname, and the long snout made us think of Pinocchio's long nose."
Researchers now believe several different tyrannosaur types lived alongside each other in Asia during the Cretaceous Period - hunting different prey.
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What the eff does the bible have to do with this? and since it's Chinese, more importantly, does it disprove Confucius?
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Look how old it is? Vastly older than The Bible.Svartalf wrote:What the eff does the bible have to do with this? and since it's Chinese, more importantly, does it disprove Confucius?

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Pfffttt, we've had VASTLY older fossils for a long time... just think of trilobites. Those creataceous era things are just newfangled innovations.
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Are you addressing him or me?
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Him, obviously.Svartalf wrote:Are you addressing him or me?
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Some one can tell the fairweather scrumple from the foulweather one?rEvolutionist wrote:Him, obviously.Svartalf wrote:Are you addressing him or me?

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Uh, what? 

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Who knows. Just smile and nod...
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Brain implant?Scumple wrote:I've got a operation coming up, could be my last day of posting for some considerable time, making the most of the distraction value before the guy with the scalpel does his thing.
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It's close. I'm having a gromit fitted and inner ear examination, not connected to anything at present. One slip and you'll have to go on without me, until your own cards come up.Hermit wrote:Brain implant?Scumple wrote:I've got a operation coming up, could be my last day of posting for some considerable time, making the most of the distraction value before the guy with the scalpel does his thing.
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Hom many kinds is that? Isn't that just one kind, lumped with T Rex. It's just a race of T Rex.
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like chimp is a race of gorilla...
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