New Dinosaur found … But, How BIG is it??
October 3, 2008
Ooooh! I’m frustrated and excited all at the same time.
A new dinosaur has been found in the Pipestone Creek bonebed, near Grande Prairie, Northwest Alberta – Canada! It’s called Pachyrhinosaur lakustai.
Look how Cute he is!
The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. The animals are characterized by a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. They also had large bony structures above their nose and eyes, which lends them their name, Pachyrhinosaurus, or thick-nosed lizard. Researchers believe these structures probably supported horns made of keratin.
Not just one, but an entire bed of fossils were found – male and female / young and old. They are approximately 72 million years old which puts them in the Cretaceous Period. That’s the same time frame that T-Rex was around.
The Pachyrhinosaur lakustai was named after the retired science teacher 
that found it. —— Al Lakusta.
All very exciting but I have read and re-read the article over and over and I don’t see any mention of how BIG the thing is!!?? Am I missing something? It’s the first thing I want to know!
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Yoo | October 3, 2008 at 12:35 pm
It looks like it would have had the cutest of snouts if it were puppy-sized, although I suspect it was actually much more intimidating with it probably being as large as the typical horned dinosaur …
Although now that I think about it, I’m not quite sure how large the average horned dinosaur is, either. ^_^;;
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Stacy S. | October 3, 2008 at 1:03 pm
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Nightmare before Christmas” … it reminds me of the skeleton dog – Zero.
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jaredcormier | October 4, 2008 at 10:50 am
20 ft long, 2 tons
http://www.hmnh.org/archives/2008/10/02/pachyrhinosaurus-lakustai/
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Stacy S. | October 4, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Wow! Thanks! How did you find that?
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jaredcormier | October 4, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Google: search was
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=GzZ&q=%22Pachyrhinosaur+lakustai%22+kg&btnG=Search
Third one down
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megalonyx | October 9, 2008 at 3:32 am
Stacy S. asked:
And I always thought that size didn’t matter. Please don’t tell me I have to pay attention to all the dubious spam which I have heretofore been deleting with wild abandon
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Stacy S. | October 9, 2008 at 7:08 am
LMAO!