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27 May 2021, 12:43 pm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fossils-discovered-in-australian-outback-likely-to-be-from-species-of-dinosaur-previously-unknown-to-science/ar-AAKpkwk?ocid=msedgntp


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27 May 2021, 5:57 pm

Cool! that's in my backyard



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27 May 2021, 6:33 pm

cyberdad wrote:
Cool! that's in my backyard


Where in Australia are you?


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27 May 2021, 7:13 pm

Actually in Victoria (not Queensland where the bones were found so not literally my backyard) but I've been plenty of times (infact driven north to that exact location).



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27 May 2021, 7:39 pm

Apparently it's a brontosaurus-type dinosaur. A sauropod. Ginormous. But distinct because Australia had already drifted off onto its own long enough for it to have its own Australian only linneage.



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27 May 2021, 9:54 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Apparently it's a brontosaurus-type dinosaur. A sauropod. Ginormous. But distinct because Australia had already drifted off onto its own long enough for it to have its own Australian only linneage.


Earliest example of Genetic drift