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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Stocky dragons once ruled Transylvania | COSMOS magazine

Stocky dragons once ruled Transylvania | COSMOS magazine: "WASHINGTON: The fossil of a stocky new dinosaur with two sets of claws on its feet unearthed in Romania has given researchers a window into what European predators looked like in the final years of the Age of Dinosaurs.

'We've all been waiting for something like this,' said study author Mark Norell, from the American Museum of Natural History.

'Balaur bondoc is heavy, with unexpectedly stocky limbs and fused bones. It shows just how unusual the fauna of the area was during the waning years of the dinosaur era.'"

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