Danish Deinonychus?

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From: Ben Creisler bh480@scn.org
Subject: Danish Deinonychus?

Just in case this got missed, here's a news story about a 
modest but intriguing new find:

First dinosaur fossil found in Denmark  (COPENHAGEN, Nov 
22, 2000) [Agence France Press]
A fossilized dinosaur tooth has been discovered on the 
Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic sea, the first 
fossil found in Denmark, Berlingske Tidende newspaper 
reported Wednesday. 
The tooth probably belonged to a velociraptor or 
deinonychus that lived 120 to 130 million years ago, 
according to dinosaur expert Niels Bonde, of the 
geological institute at the University of Copenhagen, who 
analyzed the fossil. 
A group of unemployed people participating in a government-
sponsored excavation found the fossil in a gravelled area 
in the town of Robbedale, south of the island's principal 
town Ronne. 
During the Mesozoic era, which lasted from 245 million 
years ago to 66 million years ago, Bornholm was the only 
part of modern-day Denmark not covered by water.