Forget Dracula, Transylvania is Becoming a Fossil Haven
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[url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/470148/Forget-Dracula-Transylvania-is-a-dinosaur-s-Eden]Source[/url]
[quote]It has become one of the finest locations in the world for the remains of these prehistoric beasts, says palaeontologist Dr Steve Brusatte.
Every year he and his team visit Sebe in southern Transylvania to unearth more clues to the species that became extinct after an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago.
At that time, with sea levels much higher, the area around 200 miles north-west of the capital Bucharest would have been an island, and that makes it particularly interesting.
Dr Brusatte explains: “We have worked there every year for five years as it is one of the best places in the world to find dinosaurs. There are peculiar dinosaurs that lived right before the asteroid hit and they lived on the island, so a lot of them are dwarves and a lot of them have really weird features.”
They do not get much weirder, or more fearsome, than the Balaur, which his team discovered in 2010.
“This animal is a tiny, poodle-sized thing that had two huge claws on each of its feet,” says Dr Brusatte.[/quote]
Sweet, more recognition for Romania.Altough this does open up new posibilities for SyFy films, like Vampire Dinoasurs.
shit vampire dinosaurs
[QUOTE=Wii60;44561437]shit vampire dinosaurs[/QUOTE]
Don't give Syfy any ideas.
Yay, I guess
I'd rather want the region known for it's wonderful nature and cities, not vampires or even dinosaurs
lol this news article is fake, Transylvania isn't real it's just from stories.
They'd better get out of Transylvania with their samples before Castlevania arises, or Dracula might corrupt them too. :v:
[QUOTE=imhighasfuc;44562036]lol this news article is fake, Transylvania isn't real it's just from stories.[/QUOTE]
um no Transylvania is a region of romania
[QUOTE=imhighasfuc;44562036]lol this news article is fake, Transylvania isn't real it's just from stories.[/QUOTE]
Good name
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Is this a full comic? if so anyone got a link to the rest?
Here's the tiny, poodle-sized dino they mentioned, which they called the Balaur:
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Balaur_bondoc.jpg/837px-Balaur_bondoc.jpg[/IMG]
Imagine having one of those as a pet: ''No! Mr Fluffy don't eat our neighbour's cat!''
Fools! You'll unearth the werewolves!
Scientists have determined that it went extinct due to being whipped to death by a Belmontodon.
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