New dinosaur named after Hogwarts
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RangerWickett
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http://www.bitsofnews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3678
Today paleontologist Robert Sullivan of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission announced that they would name a newly discovered dinosaur species Dragorex Hogwartsia. The first part of the name, meaning dragon king in english, the two paleontologists Victor Porter and Robert Bakker agreed upon after children visiting the museum suggested it resembled a dragon. The last part of the name was taken from the fictional Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Harry Potter being chased by a dragon"The naming of Dracorex hogwartsia is easily the most unexpected honour to have come my way since the publication of the Harry Potter books," Rowling said in a written statement.
The skull of the new species was discovered by three Sioux City, Iowa, residents who found it during a trip to the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota and donated it to The Children's Museum in 2004. The dinosaur's skull mixes spiky horns, bumps and a long muzzle. But unlike other "pachys," which have domed foreheads, this one is flat-headed, which makes it a new species.
"When we found the skull, all that was showing was a little of the snout and some teeth," Saulsbury, one of the three discoverers, said. "But as we excavated more of it, it was clear we had something unique."
According to Indystar.com;
Victor Porter, the museum's vertebrate paleontologist, used dental tools to clean the pieces, then reassembled the skull. He also made casts of the skull that he sent to other paleontologists to confirm it actually was a new species.
Finally, to re-create the 10-foot-long herbivore as scientists believe it looked, he paired the skull with a pachycephalosaurus skeleton from another excavation. Young museum visitors said it looked like a dragon. Porter and Robert T. Bakker, a national dinosaur expert and consultant to The Children's Museum, factored that into its name.
http://www.bitsofnews.com/images/graphics/dracorex_hogwartsia.jpeg
Today paleontologist Robert Sullivan of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission announced that they would name a newly discovered dinosaur species Dragorex Hogwartsia. The first part of the name, meaning dragon king in english, the two paleontologists Victor Porter and Robert Bakker agreed upon after children visiting the museum suggested it resembled a dragon. The last part of the name was taken from the fictional Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
Harry Potter being chased by a dragon"The naming of Dracorex hogwartsia is easily the most unexpected honour to have come my way since the publication of the Harry Potter books," Rowling said in a written statement.
The skull of the new species was discovered by three Sioux City, Iowa, residents who found it during a trip to the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota and donated it to The Children's Museum in 2004. The dinosaur's skull mixes spiky horns, bumps and a long muzzle. But unlike other "pachys," which have domed foreheads, this one is flat-headed, which makes it a new species.
"When we found the skull, all that was showing was a little of the snout and some teeth," Saulsbury, one of the three discoverers, said. "But as we excavated more of it, it was clear we had something unique."
According to Indystar.com;
Victor Porter, the museum's vertebrate paleontologist, used dental tools to clean the pieces, then reassembled the skull. He also made casts of the skull that he sent to other paleontologists to confirm it actually was a new species.
Finally, to re-create the 10-foot-long herbivore as scientists believe it looked, he paired the skull with a pachycephalosaurus skeleton from another excavation. Young museum visitors said it looked like a dragon. Porter and Robert T. Bakker, a national dinosaur expert and consultant to The Children's Museum, factored that into its name.
http://www.bitsofnews.com/images/graphics/dracorex_hogwartsia.jpeg
Cool name, but it's not as cool as the Lower Keys rabbit, or Sylvilagus palustris hefneri
Steve Jung
Explorer
Or the chewing louse Strigiphilus garylarsoni.
dragonhead
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It's just a gimick. think about it. They are puting their all important discovery in a CHILDRENS MUSEUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lame!
Acquana
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Chaldfont said:
Chaldfont comment FOR THE WIN. Because it's true. Children's museums are so cool.
And my personal favorite goofy name for science stuff: Sonic Hedgehog IN YOUR BRAIN.
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