Still Waters Posted April 22, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Fossilised dinosaur eggs from 70 million years ago have been unearthed on a building site in China. The shells, discovered near Foshan in the southeast of the country, were found at a depth of about 26ft (8m), preserved in red sandstone. The round-shaped eggs belonged to plant-eating phytophagous dinosaurs in the late Cretaceous period. http://news.sky.com/story/dinosaur-egg-fossils-dating-from-70-million-years-ago-found-in-china-10845441 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted April 22, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 22, 2017 "plant-eating phytophagous" - that's comically redundant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Meadows Posted April 24, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 24, 2017 On Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Carnivorfox said: "plant-eating phytophagous" - that's comically redundant. Your comment is comically pretentious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted April 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Gary Meadows said: Your comment is comically pretentious. You don't actually know what phytophagous means, do you? Edited April 24, 2017 by Carnivorfox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted April 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) The face of the dino in the pic resembles a parrot or turtle. Is that a pic of one of the eggs that were just found? Edited April 24, 2017 by paperdyer added turtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted April 24, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, paperdyer said: The face of the dino in the pic resembles a parrot or turtle. Is that a pic of one of the eggs that were just found? It doesn't really give the species in the article, it just says they're 'plant eating phytophagous dinosaurs', which as Carnoferox points out that just means 'plant eating plant eating dinosaurs'. I think the model of the baby in the egg is just put there as a generic sort of picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Meadows Posted April 24, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Carnivorfox said: You don't actually know what phytophagous means, do you? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnoferox Posted April 24, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Phytophagous literally means "plant eating", so saying "plant eating phytophagous" is saying "plant eating plant eating", hence the redundancy. Edited April 24, 2017 by Carnivorfox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comtess Posted April 30, 2017 #9 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Carnivorfox - I think what Gary Meadows is trying to say is that you sound a little pretentious for assuming that everybody must know the Ancient Greek and Latin for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted April 30, 2017 #10 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Its those ruddy English Gentlemen ... ~ [00.02:31] ~ ... there even are places, where ENglish completely disappears ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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