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QuoteA 68-million-year-old fossil of a Tyrannosaurus engaged in combat with a Triceratops is expected to sell for a record-breaking $10 million at auction, according to the Daily Mail U.K. The remains of both creatures are said to be among the most complete and best-preserved ever found, and one of the most important dinosaur discoveries of all time.
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:-k The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil. [-X Solitary
Quote from: "Solitary":-k The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil. [-X Solitary
I couldn't speak to that, but for this thing to be real, it would be too big for my living room, anyway.
It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.
They probably didn't die from being engaged in combat, but it could be they were fighting and then suddenly surprised by a landslide or such.
Quote from: "Solitary":-k The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil. [-X Solitary
QuoteThe dinosaurs in question are specifically Nanotyrannus lancensis, a close, smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, and Chasmosaurine ceratopsian from the Triceratops family.
Tyrannosaurus. Just not tyrannosaurus rex.
Quote from: "PopeyesPappy"Quote from: "Solitary":-k The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil. [-X Solitary
QuoteThe dinosaurs in question are specifically Nanotyrannus lancensis, a close, smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, and Chasmosaurine ceratopsian from the Triceratops family.
Tyrannosaurus. Just not tyrannosaurus rex.
Thank you for clarifying that! Solitary
Quote from: "the_antithesis"It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.
The forensic evidence suggests they killed each other.
QuoteThe remains show the dinosaurs in combat, each having died from the injuries inflicted by its opponent. The Tyrannosaurus' teeth were lodged in the Triceratops' skull. The Triceratop' had crushed the Tyrannosaurus' skull and chest.
Quote from: "Solitary"Thank you for clarifying that! Solitary
You're welcome. I had the same "That's not a tyrannosaurus." thought when I saw the picture, and had to scroll through the picture captions to figure out what they were talking about.
QuoteLindgren wants a museum to buy the fossils and put them on public display.
It's only the casts that are put on display, not the actual fossils. They're available only to experts to study.
Quote from: "PopeyesPappy"Quote from: "the_antithesis"It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.
The forensic evidence suggests they killed each other.
I still think that the Tyrannosaurus shot first.
...and the triceratops stood his ground?
Quote from: "PopeyesPappy"Quote from: "the_antithesis"It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.
The forensic evidence suggests they killed each other.
QuoteThe remains show the dinosaurs in combat, each having died from the injuries inflicted by its opponent. The Tyrannosaurus' teeth were lodged in the Triceratops' skull. The Triceratop' had crushed the Tyrannosaurus' skull and chest.
That's just badass, stomping the life out of a tyrannosaur.
Quote from: "Thumpalumpacus"Quote from: "PopeyesPappy"Quote from: "the_antithesis"It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.
The forensic evidence suggests they killed each other.
QuoteThe remains show the dinosaurs in combat, each having died from the injuries inflicted by its opponent. The Tyrannosaurus' teeth were lodged in the Triceratops' skull. The Triceratop' had crushed the Tyrannosaurus' skull and chest.
That's just badass, stomping the life out of a tyrannosaur.
I root for the triceratops just on general principle. :-D
Wow that looks like the Republican party platform.