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Beautifully preserved titanosaur skull
Topic Started: Apr 27 2016, 01:31 PM (406 Views)
Acinonyx Jubatus
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Sarmientosaurus musacchioi is the newest species of Titanosaur from South America. Known from a few neck vertebrae, an ossified tendon, and a nearly complete skull. Thought to be more basal than the other giant Titanosaurs of the same time and place. Giant eye sockets suggest it had good vision, and studies of the inner ear show it was suited to picking up low-frequency rumbles. The same study also suggests it habitually held its head pointing towards the ground and must have been a grazer of low-lying vegetation, but Brian Switek argues that the shape of the snout was better suited for browsing. (inner ear studies on head angle have been controversial at best, anyway.)
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BossMan, Jake
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Oh wow! This is quite the find! We could really use more titanosaur skulls!
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babehunter1324
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A Titanosaur skull, and very well preserved at that. Amazing discovery.
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New Droopy Dinosaur Hung Its Head Like an Enormous Eeyore

Is it sort of ironic I was watching the 2011 Winnie the Pooh movie when this article came out? .___.
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Ignacio
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Lol it is named after one of our presidents
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