World's first humpback dinosaur revealed by Spanish scientists - Polidicks

[QUOTE]SCIENTISTS have discovered the fossilised remains of a strange and previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur in Spain, calling it "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca". The 6m dinosaur has a hump-like structure on its back, a feature never previously seen in the creatures. It also had a peculiar spine and possibly quill knobs on its forearms. University of Queensland paleontologist Dr Steve Salisbury said it was a significant find and the features were very distinctive. "The shape of the hump-like structure is different to what we have seen in other dinosaurs," he said. "On the bones of the forearms there are tiny little structures that indicate attachment of feather-like structures. This is the most primitive type of theropod we have ever seen." Theropods include all the flesh-eating dinosaurs, ranging from crow-sized creatures to the huge tyrannosaurus rex. This family of dinosaurs was previously thought to be confined to southern continents. Found at Cuenca in central Spain, it is the only known specimen of concavenator corcovatus and represents the most complete individual of a carcharodontosaurian theropod. This medium-sized theropod lived about 125 million years ago. Carcharodontosaurs were the largest predatory dinosaurs and their evolutionary history might be more intricate than was previously thought. In a paper published in Nature, the scientists said the find could help identify fragmentary theropod remains from the European Lower Cretaceous period. It is one of the most complete meat-eating dinosaur skeletons from Europe. Queensland has its own history of dinosaurs including carnivorous theropod "Banjo", which is among three new species discovered in a prehistoric billabong near Winton that dates back 95 million years.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/09/09/1225916/175964-concavenator-corcovatus.jpg[/IMG] Source:[url]http://www.news.com.au/world/worlds-first-humpback-dinosaur-revealed-by-spanish-scientists/story-e6frfkyi-1225916174418[/url]

D: Land shark!

jesus christ those legs are shapely

Cool fin dino-bro.

Oh dear.

Camelasaur

What is the purpose of the hump? Why would they ever need to develop such a thing?

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;24701934]What is the purpose of the hump? Why would they ever need to develop such a thing?[/QUOTE] Maybe it stores water

[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24701989]Maybe it stores water[/QUOTE] Keeps them balanced as they run, and helps gather sunlight while basking in the warmth.

You're no fun

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;24701934]What is the purpose of the hump? Why would they ever need to develop such a thing?[/QUOTE] Who knows, evolution does some funky shit. Just look at Humans.

reminded me of this: [IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/MARICABAN/garchomp.png[/IMG]

Something seems fishy here...

It would be awesome if we replaced camels with these...

Those legs, it could be a goddamn fashion model with those legs

[QUOTE=Glitch360;24702809]It would be awesome if we replaced camels with these...[/QUOTE] Besides the fact that they would extinct several hundred species, sure.