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Ancient massive 'Dragon of Death' flying reptile dug up in Argentina​


Horacio Fernando Soria
Mon, May 23, 2022, 3:33 PM


By Horacio Fernando Soria
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine scientists discovered a new species of a huge flying reptile dubbed "The Dragon of Death" that lived 86 millions of years ago alongside dinosaurs, in a find shedding fresh insight on a predator whose body was as long as a yellow school bus.

The new specimen of ancient flying reptile, or pterosaur, measured around 30 feet (9 meters) long and researchers say it predated birds as among the first creatures on Earth to use wings to hunt its prey from prehistoric skies.

The team of paleontologists discovered the fossils of the newly coined Thanatosdrakon amaru in the Andes mountains in Argentina's western Mendoza province. They found that the rocks preserving the reptile's remains dated back 86 million years to the Cretaceous period.

The estimated date means these fearsome flying reptiles lived at least some 20 million years before an asteroid impact on what is now Mexico's Yucatan peninsula wiped out about three-quarters of life on the planet about 66 millions years ago.

Project leader Leonardo Ortiz said in an interview over the weekend that the fossil's never-before-seen characteristics required a new genus and species name, with the latter combining ancient Greek words for death (thanatos) and dragon (drakon).

"It seemed appropriate to name it that way," said Ortiz. "It's the dragon of death."

The reptile would likely have been a frightening sight. Researchers, who published their study last April in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research, said the fossil's huge bones classify the new species as the largest pterosaur yet discovered in South America and one of the largest found anywhere.

"We don't have a current record of any close relative that even has a body modification similar to these beasts," said Ortiz.
 


ANASIN, Mexico (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

The site, called Xiol, has features of the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, archaeologists said, which is common in the southern Yucatan Peninsula but rare near Merida.

"We think more than 4,000 people lived around here," said Carlos Peraza, one of the archaeologists who led the excavation of the city, estimated to have been occupied from 600-900 A.D.

8-)
 

  • Scientists have discovered a series of strange magnetic waves that roll across the surface of Earth’s outer core.
  • These waves occur periodically—about once every seven years—and are thought to be generated by changes in flow of the core’s molten material.
  • Learning about these strange features could help researchers better understand our planet’s bizarre magnetic field.
Earth’s magnetosphere is generated in our planet’s outer core, a churning sea of molten iron roughly 1,800 feet below the surface. Electrically charged particles in the outer core form convective cells, which produce an electric current that forms what scientists call a “dynamo.” This process is what forms Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere.

Our magnetic field is a particularly weird one. It periodically flips, sending the magnetic north pole to the southern hemisphere and vice versa. (Fear not a reasonable amount: The last polar reversal occurred 780,000 years ago. Technically, we are overdue for a pole swap, but experts agree we’d probably be able to adjust.) In recent years—geologically speaking, that is—scientists have noticed other bizarre behavior. The magnetic north pole, for example, is slithering eastward at break-neck speed. And in one region between Africa and South America, the field is even weakening. While understanding these idiosyncrasies has become a priority for many earth scientists, there’s still a lot that we don’t know.
 
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New York State Offering Gender Neutral "X" Markers On Woke Driver's License

I want an Ultra MAGA identification to show whoever when your not a Woke nut job.
 
with all of his legal troubles this CAN'T help his case....................

Kevin Spacey Breaks His Silence: 'I'm Not Going to Pay the Price for the Things I Didn't Do'


Kevin Spacey - 'Let Me be Frank'

what a bizarre video to release:


He did it.
 
View attachment 49224New York State Offering Gender Neutral "X" Markers On Woke Driver's License

I want an Ultra MAGA identification to show whoever when your not a Woke nut job.

Where the hologram is on the upper mid right it still says "Michelle Motorist". Not the non gender indicating Morgan.

Kind of like "Pat" from Saturday Night Live.
View attachment 49224New York State Offering Gender Neutral "X" Markers On Woke Driver's License

I want an Ultra MAGA identification to show whoever when your not a Woke nut job.

Notice in the hologram on the mid upper right is still says "Michelle Motorist" instead of the non gender indicating "Morgan".

Reminds me of "Pat" from Saturday Night Live.

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Where the hologram is on the upper mid right it still says "Michelle Motorist". Not the non gender indicating Morgan.

Kind of like "Pat" from Saturday Night Live.


Notice in the hologram on the mid upper right is still says "Michelle Motorist" instead of the non gender indicating "Morgan".

Reminds me of "Pat" from Saturday Night Live.

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Sorry. I’m up at 2:30 am. I haven’t seen an episode since the WII episode.
 

  • The Mona Lisa was attacked with a pastry by a man disguised as an elderly woman on Sunday.
  • Twitter videos show the world-famous painting's glass cover in the Louvre smeared with cream.
  • According to Sky News, the culprit urged people to think about the planet as he was escorted away.

:oops::rolleyes:
 

Denise Chow
Thu, June 2, 2022, 11:05 AM


The ruins of a 3,400-year-old lost city — complete with a palace and a sprawling fort — have been unearthed in Iraq after extreme drought severely depleted water levels in the country's largest reservoir, archaeologists announced Monday.

The Bronze Age settlement, long engulfed by the Tigris River, emerged earlier this year in the Mosul Dam, and researchers raced to excavate the ancient city before the dam was refilled. The discovery is just the latest example of how drought conditions fueled by climate change are yielding unexpected finds: last month, in Nevada, falling water levels in Lake Mead turned up a pair of decades-old skeletal remains.

The Iraqi ancient city, located in the Kurdistan region at a site known as Kemune, was documented by a team of German and Kurdish archaeologists. The settlement was likely a key hub during the Mittani Empire, from 1550 to 1350 B.C., said Ivana Puljiz, a junior professor of Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Freiburg in Germany and a member of the research team.
 
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