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I'm getting a kick out of these lego dino names. Lemme just compile the ones I've seen people throw out there so far, and everybody get yer brains churning to add more. Tricerablocks Tyrannosaurus Brix Legosaurus (or Stlegosaurus) Pterodactal (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Belvilaceraptor Minifiguandon ;John (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) perhaps studosaurus (...) plateasaurolophus? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) pete ~ you are a genius! paradisaurolophous is a gem! i hope i can use some of these when i open jur-abs-ic park! well, i've been in a building frenzy here for the past week, (inspired and feuled by lugnet.adventurers) and now i feel the need (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) churning (...) One more for the list is a play on Allosaurus- Scalasaurus. Mark L (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Ian Malcolm Did you ever get the chance to read the book? It's the meat and the movie is the eye candy! -John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) bingo! yes, john, i read the novel years ago, prior to the film coming out. i'm re-reading it now for inspiration and detail to go into this current lego endeavor. the t-rex swims in the book, which is a scene that never made it to the movie. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) DUDE!! LOL I *loved* _Dinosaur Heresies_ AND _Raptor Red_ {:^D I also am a huge fan of Baker! Loved the scene in JP when Timmy (Not *that* Timmy, AFOLs;) meets Dr Grant and quotes Baker regarding the dinos to birds thing-- great stuff! How (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ones (...) churning (...) these (...) and (...) in my (...) in (...) crest. (...) m-f (...) this (...) the pics (...) brachiosaurs (i (...) gates, (...) _should_! (...) is the (...) lego (...) to (...) eye-candy (...) the (...) "raptor (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is this a question you don't know the answer to, or a trivia question? I'll assume the latter. Is it procompsognathus? That's 16 letters, which qualifies as "long" in my book. Greg "He betrayed the irregular hunters and hid himself in a cave." (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) since dino research is my middle name these days..., i believe jeff is refering to chuandongocoelurus (18 letters), one of the small mid-jurrasic coelurids found in sichuan, china. china is also the home of what i think is longest named dino, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, I was refering to micropachycephalosaurus, with 23 letters. :) Ahh... I love Dino Trivia! I'll see if I can find some more stuff to quiz ya on! :) Jeff P.S. I think *I* just outed myself as a total Dino Geek. :) P.P.S (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, it is the November 1999 issue. The cover says "Inca Sacrifice" in big letters. I'll let ya'll know how the article was when I finish reading it. Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) of course! the "tiny hadrosaur", only abot 8 ft long... supposedly. the identity on this one is rather doubtful, because so little of it was found. ok. (rolling up sleaves) care to take a guess as to the _shortest_ dino name? he he he later ~ (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are we forgetting Antidisestablishment...saurus...? };^D -John Dinogeek Neal (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Troodon"? -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Would that make you an Antidisestablishment...usitarian? <grin & duck> James (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) sorry, john, it's not troodon. was "small"(= micro..) a clue in the first question? i missed it if it was. here's a clue for the shortest dino name: armor down under, or america's favorite midget. he he he! later ~ dino-craigo-lego! (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) i overly geeked on this answer. just to set the record straight before one of you other dino geeks catch it, micropachycephalosaur means "tiny thick-headed lizard" (i've known a few, lol!). one of the tiniest known dinosaurs at about 20 inches (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That'd be the Emu! Oh, wait, you want classical dinos. The answer is "Minmi"! Here's an easy one: What dinosaur looks like Stegosaurus but has spikes instead of plates on its back? Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, that clue wouldn't've helped me much, if I hadn't known the dino's name. Personally, I would've said that it sounds like an annoying singer's name from an early '80s animated TV series. :) Jeff P.S. For those wondering, the name is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Louiedepalmasaurus? Marylourettidon? -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They suck! So that would make me a antiantidisestablish...itarian;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Minmi"! (...) Would it be Polacanthus or Anklyosaurus. Anklyosaurus was a little fella though, about the size of a pny I think Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ~ yingshanosaurus, chinese cousin in the steg family. i have the smithsonian toy model of this one... very elegant looking too, i must say. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, but I screwed up. I swapped the names of two Dinos, that one and kentrosaurus. *sigh* Anyways, Kentrosaurus had plates at the front, but they changed to spikes as they progressed along its back. Three New Challenges! Name the Four most (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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