68-million-year-old fossil- Impressive

[WitchSabrina]

http://www.pawnation.com/2013/08/09/fos ... =webmail14

A 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.

[Solitary]

:-k  The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil.   [-X  Solitary

[SGOS]

:-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.

[the_antithesis]

It's also kind of unlikely they were engaged in combat. Fossilization doesn't really work like that.

[Plu]

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.

[PopeyesPappy]

:-k  The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil.   [-X  Solitary

The 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.

[Solitary]

:-k  The picture is neither a Tyrannosaurus nor a Triceratops fossil.   [-X  Solitary

The 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

[PopeyesPappy]

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.

The 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.

[PopeyesPappy]

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.

[Colanth]

Lindgren 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.

[Jason78]

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.

[Minimalist]

...and the triceratops stood his ground?

[Thumpalumpacus]

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.

The 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.

[SGOS]

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.

The 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

[Brian37]

Wow that looks like the Republican party platform.