Re: Allosaurus in Thailand

[Jean-Michel BENOIT <s.aegyptiacus@wanadoo.fr>]

Tall as ten meters?
Shouldn't it be Long?
Jean-Michel

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From: "Luis Azevedo Rodrigues" <lmrodrigues@fc.ul.pt>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: Allosaurus in Thailand


Any more detailed news on this?


"BANGKOK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- An excavation in Thailand's Northeast has 
discovered fossils of various dinosaurs, among them those of allosaurus, the 
biggest-sized carnivorous dinosaur species that have been found in Thailand, 
local newspaper The Nation reported on Tuesday.
   Excavation at Ban Saphan Hin village in Muang district (provincial seat) 
of Nakhon Ratchasima Province uncovered allosaurus, iguanodon, duckbilled 
dinosaur and pterosaurs fossils in conglomerate layers dating back 100 
million years, Dr. PratuangJintasakul, director of the Nakhon Ratcha-sima 
Rajabhat University Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources Research Institute 
and Museum, announced Monday.

   "Allosaurus is the biggest carnivorous dinosaur species to have been 
found in Thailand," Dr. Pratuang was quoted by Tuesday' newspaper The Nation 
as saying.

   Allosaurus is a late-Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur. It is similar to, 
but somewhat smaller, than the tyrannosaurus. Yet, allosaurus used to stand 
as tall as 10 meters. "From what we have found, some of its teeth are 10 
centimeters long," Pratuang said.

   Pratuang said his institute had found piles of dinosaur fossils and 
rocks in the suburbs of Khon Kaen province, neighboring NakhonRatchasima, 
over the past seven years. In 2005, he invited Chinese dinosaur expert 
Professor Dong Zhiming to help classify the fossils. "In all, there are more 
than 1,000 dinosaur fossils," he said."

Luis

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