Tinosaur! RAWR!
  • Tinosaur! RAWR!
First a shout-out to Slog-tipper Carrie who has given me the gift of the word tinosaur, meaning very tiny dinosaurs. It is my new favorite word.

Today's dinosaur is NOT a tinosaur, however. It is instead a huge sauropod, Angolatitan adamastor. (The name alone is awesome: Adamastor is a sea giant from Portuguese mythology.)

Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it's a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war.

A paper published Wednesday in the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences describes a long-necked, plant-eating sauropod, among the largest creatures ever to have walked the earth.

In other dino-detritus:
· The premier of Terra Nova—the new time-traveling, dinosaur-fighting tv show—has been pushed back til fall.
· Geek Dad reviews the new book The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, written and illustrated by Gregory Paul.
· You may now pre-order Valve Software's Dino D-Day, a video game about NAZI DINOSAURS:

The year is 1942. Adolf Hitler has succeeded in resurrecting dinosaurs. The reptilian horde has trampled Europe and the Mediterranean. Can nothing stop the Nazi’s dinosaur army?