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A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-

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Hi guys, I’ve been checking the fights on JP IV and I´ve read a lot of what you post here, so thought you guys could find this article interesting. :) [img]http://www.nationalgeographic.it/images/2013/07/10/103006591-fb8f78ba-5377-44c4-aa9f-e527803bdb32.jpg[/img] ___________________________________ He lived in the Tunisian desert 110 million years ago, it was 14 meters long and was equipped with an advanced respiratory system, similar to that of birds. It is [i]Tataouinea Hannibalis[/i], a previously unknown species of herbivorous dinosaur, belonging to the family of rebbachisauridi, whose bones were found in a rich fossil deposit south of Tataouine, Tunisia. [img]http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130709/ncomms3080/images/ncomms3080-f2.jpg[/img] [b]T. hannibalis holotype in situ[/b] [size=50](a–c) Field photographs of ONM DT 1–36 showing the articulation of elements. (a) Right dorsolateral view. (b) Detail of the caudal vertebrae in lateral view. (c) Detail of the right acetabular region in lateral view. I–V, caudal centra; ac, acetabulum; cv, caudal vertebrae; i, ischium; lcs, lateral centrum surface; lpb, left preacetabular blade; ns, neural spine; pcs, posterior centrum surface; poz, postzygapophysis; ppi, pubic peducle of ilium; pz, prezygapophysis; rpb, right preacetabular blade; sv, sacral vertebrae. Scale bar: 20 cm (a), 10 cm (b,c).[/size] Here is shown the[url=http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130709/ncomms3080/full/ncomms3080.html]abstract of the article[/url] And the mention on [url=http://www.nationalgeographic.it/fotografia/2013/07/10/foto/scoperto_grande_dinosauro_con_un_apparato_respiratorio_moderno-1736153/1/] National Geographic[/url] news.
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So its a birdpod? Not a Sauropod?

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Interesting. Not a massive sauropod, but a special one nonetheless.
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