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Re: Dino Names (was: Tricerablock's horns)
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Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:16:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Craig Hamilton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Greg Majewski writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel writes:
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> > > P.P.S What dinosaur has the longest name? (being somewhat behind on the
> > > news, I could have this one wrong. It is a small dinosaur with a one word
> > > name)
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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." Majewski
> > http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/abs.html
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> hey guys ~
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> since dino research is my middle name these days...,
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> 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, the prosauropod,
> chinshakiangosaurus, capping out at 19 letters!
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> uh.. i think i just outed myself as total dino-geek...
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> later ~craig~
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 Micropachycephalosaurus is also a Chinese dino. They must've had some
really preservative soil over there!
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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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| (...) 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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