FfFfFfFF 58,413 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 A dinosaur relative of T. rex and Velociraptor with an unusually long neck, and which may have transitioned from predator to plant-eater as it reached adulthood, has been unearthed in Victoria. The elaphrosaur was a member of the theropod family of dinosaurs that included all of the predatory species. It stood about the height of a small emu, measuring 2m from its head to the end of a long tail, and had short arms, each ending in four fingers. Stephen Poropat, the lead researcher behind the find, at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, said elaphrosaurs were “really rare,” with just three named species from Tanzania, China and Argentina. “This is the first record of the group in Australia, and only the second Cretaceous record worldwide.” “These are some of the most puzzling theropod dinosaurs, as they are known from such few fossils,” said Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, who was not involved in the research. “They seem to have been lightly built, fast-running, long-necked theropods which traded the carnivorous diet of their ancestors and become omnivores.” Further expeditions to the Eric the Red West site have been thwarted twice this year – first by the bushfire crisis and then Covid-19. But Poropat said many fossils awaited excavation and there was a “high chance” there were more elaphrosaur bones to be found. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/18/rare-long-necked-dinosaur-that-roamed-the-polar-world-unearthed-in-australia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARTPOPe 10,169 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 His neck do be long doe existing in the context of all in which I live and what came before me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateveradore 858 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 he is so ... AMOR MORTA GAGA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFriend 1,974 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 It's like a huge lizard that cross bred with a kangaroo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondAngel 5,044 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 What that neck do tho 😌😌💅👀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagi 2,750 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Daddy long neck looks different Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlopSlurper 34,336 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 omg its tail was the size of australia? this is crazy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateveradore 858 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, TheFriend said: It's like a huge lizard that cross bred with a kangaroo that's a komodo dragon AMOR MORTA GAGA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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