Dino-Vacuum Lunched Large -- Nigersaurus Sported Wide, Slot-Like Mouth, Hundreds of Sharp Teeth
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › November 16, 2007
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WASHINGTON - A dinosaur with a strange jaw designed to vacuum up food grazed in what is now the Sahara Desert 110 million years ago.
Remains of the creature that "flabbergasted" paleontologist Paul Sereno went on display Thursday at the headquarters of the National Geographic Society, where they will remain until March. Sereno and colleagues recovered, assembled and named the creature - Nigersaurus taqueti - that he said seems to break all the rules.See the full content of this document
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Dino-Vacuum Lunched Large -- Nigersaurus Sported Wide, Slot-Like Mouth, Hundreds of Sharp Teeth
"The biggest eureka moment was when I was sitting at the desk with this jaw," he...
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