seeder Posted May 7, 2014 #1 Share Posted May 7, 2014 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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27296357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublehalf Posted May 7, 2014 #2 Share Posted May 7, 2014 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. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27296357 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted May 7, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted May 7, 2014 ha just realised you posted that 2 mins before I did!! Great minds think alike eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted May 7, 2014 #4 Share Posted May 7, 2014 "Ferocious" "Carnivore". Well we won't know till we clone it, will we? Not that I don't agree, T-Rex and his cousins are predatory meat-eating badasses as far as I'm concerned--and until proven otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted May 7, 2014 #5 Share Posted May 7, 2014 "Ferocious" "Carnivore". Well we won't know till we clone it, will we? Not that I don't agree, T-Rex and his cousins are predatory meat-eating badasses as far as I'm concerned--and until proven otherwise. Well with a name like "Pinocchio rex", I wouldn't blame you for thinking that someone here is lying... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted May 7, 2014 #6 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Did its nose grow when he told a lie? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted May 7, 2014 #7 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Did its nose grow when he told a lie? More likely he was made out of wood and moaned about being a real boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted May 8, 2014 #8 Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) I would love to see a DNA comparison with the U.S. Rex named " Sue " . Are they different races or different species . Edited May 8, 2014 by ROGER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted May 8, 2014 #9 Share Posted May 8, 2014 ,,,can DNA be gotten from fossilized bones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beelzebufo Posted May 9, 2014 #10 Share Posted May 9, 2014 ,,,can DNA be gotten from fossilized bones? No, unfortunately. DNA does not survive the fossilization process. Otherwise we'd probably already have cloned dinosaurs running around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted May 9, 2014 #11 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) So now we have T. rex falsus and T. rex verus.... Edited May 9, 2014 by PersonFromPorlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted May 9, 2014 #12 Share Posted May 9, 2014 No, unfortunately. DNA does not survive the fossilization process. Otherwise we'd probably already have cloned dinosaurs running around. That's what I thought, but maybe some sort of magical breakthrough was done recently that I hadn't heard of; that's why I questioned ROGER's statement instead of shooting it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted May 9, 2014 #13 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) So the idea from "Jurassic Park" of extracting dinosaur DNA from amber couldn't happen? http://www.unmuseum.org/dnadino.htm Edited May 9, 2014 by Rogue Suga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorvir Posted May 11, 2014 #14 Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) So the idea from "Jurassic Park" of extracting dinosaur DNA from amber couldn't happen? http://www.unmuseum.org/dnadino.htm Correct. It can't happen. At least not right now. Who knows in the future... Besides, I'm more of a fan of the dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period, not the Jurassic. That's where the cool ones are!!! Edited May 11, 2014 by Hida Akechi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Trinity Posted June 4, 2014 #15 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) A great find, much like the universe, we think we know most things about the dinosaurs and 'tadaa' no you don't here is another thing you have never seen. lol Edited June 4, 2014 by Silent Trinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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