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complain jane

(4,302 posts) Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:00 PM Mar 2016

Pregnant T. rex Found, May Contain DNA

A pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex has been found, shedding light on the evolution of egg-laying as well as on gender differences in the dinosaur.

The remains also could contain the holy grail of all dinosaur fossils: DNA.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/pregnant-t-rex-found-may-contain-dna-160316.htm

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Pregnant T. rex Found, May Contain DNA (Original Post) complain jane Mar 2016 OP

Jurassic Park, here we come! The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #1

I thought the same thing! eom complain jane Mar 2016 #2

"Crocodiles, she said, are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs." Scootaloo Mar 2016 #3

Anyone who has ever seen chickens in action knows they're miniature velocirraptors hobbit709 Mar 2016 #4

Swans are terrifying motherfuckers Scootaloo Mar 2016 #5

Friend of mine got half a dozen chickens for his 5 acres some years ago. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #6

They take out fire ants? Scootaloo Mar 2016 #7

They'll eat anything. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #9

My grandmother kept chickens, Staph Mar 2016 #8

Emu War awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #10

I love that the emus won Scootaloo Mar 2016 #11

Me too awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. Jurassic Park, here we come!

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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:01 PM

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complain jane

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2. I thought the same thing! eom

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Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:02 PM

Mar 2016

Scootaloo

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3. "Crocodiles, she said, are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs."

Reply to complain jane (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:06 PM

Mar 2016

...I was going ot say something, but htne i remembered the article also said...

Medullary bone is only present in female living dinosaurs, i.e. birds

So...i guess if we're gonna count birds as dinosaurs (and no reason not to) then yeah, crocodiles would be the closest (non-dinososaur / bird) relatives. (...at least until we find a living pterosaur somewhere. #HopeFliesEternal)

But cool! Now we get to find out that one of the largest land predators of all time was really just a top-heavy emu.