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Three new Australian dinosaur skeletons on show Palaeontologists have just unveiled three new dinosaur skeletons in Queensland, Australia. The two herbivores and one carnivore, excavated from the Winton formation, are said to have roamed Australia during the Cretaceous period.
The discovery puts Australia back on the palaeontology map. Palaeontologist and lead author Dr Scott Hocknull, of the Queensland Museum, says in the past dinosaur discoveries in Australia haven't been considered important because there were so few of them. "We've been able to prove that [view] completely wrong." Dr Hocknull says all three skeletons are a new genera of dinosaur. They show similarities with dinosaurs in other parts of the world. The new genera of carnivore, named Australovenator by the researchers, is said to be the most complete meat-eating dinosaur skeleton ever found in Australia. Dr Hocknull says Australovenator, nicknamed Banjo, was the cheetah of its time. "It was two metres from the hip, six metres long and built for speed," he says. The plant-eaters, Clancy and Matilda, were both titanosaur sauropods. Dr Hocknull says while Clancy was built like a hippo, Matilda was more like a giraffe. "It was 16 metres high with a long neck and small head," he says. The skeletons of Matilda and Banjo were found together at the bottom of an ancient billabong (an Australian term for a stagnant pool of water, usually a stream bed). Palaeontologist and Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria Dr John Long says Hocknull and his team's paper is the most significant paper ever published on Australian dinosaurs to date. "It not only presents us with two new amazing long-necked giants of the ancient Australian continent, but also announces our first really big predator—Australovenator," says Dr Long. Dr Hocknull says there are many more dinosaurs in the Winton site and they hope to find Australia's oldest mammals among them. "There are at least 50 other sites we know that are yet to be excavated so the next 20 to 30 years in Australian dinosaur science will be very exciting." Clancy, Matilda and Banjo are now part of an exhibition in the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum, which has just opened in in Winton. (Clancy is the name of one of the characters of the poet Banjo Patterson. In the unofficial Austrralian national anthem, Waltzing Matilda, a matilda is a sheep.) This website does not hold to the evolutionary assumptions propagated in the announcement, and where possible these have been removed. The evidence speaks for itself. Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/03/2615874.htm More evidence of sauropod dinosaurs in Cameroon 6 Juuly 2009 —Five new eye-witnessed came forward and spoke of seeing living sauropod dinosaurs when questioned by explorers William Gibbons and Rob Mullin in a March 2009 expedition to Cameroon. A film crew from the popular television programme MonsterQuest filmed the testimony and included some of it in their recently-released documentary on the History Channel. One eye witness drew an image of a sauropod dinosaur on the ground, complete with dermal spikes before being identifying a dinosaur type from a set of illustrations. Another man imitated the call of the animal. According to Gibbons, a long-time seeker of the African dinosaur, new information indicates that the animal, known locally as Mokele Mbembe, has an air sac, similar to that of a bullfrog, for bellowing loudly. "The film crew seemed to be pretty convinced that Mokele Mbembe exists," says Gibbons, going on the sincerity of the witnesses and their obvious fear when recalling encounters with the animal." Gibbons hopes to return to the Congo-Cameroon border at the end of the rainy season, in November. A new book called On the Track of Mokele Mbembe is due for release in the USA about now. View the Monster Quest program on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoheGht40NI Sauropod sighting in Melanesia
3 July 2008—The creationist explorer who earlier wrote here of last year's discoveries has since returned to Melanesia, interviewing eye witnesses and correcting some details. Now happy to be identified, Brian Irwin of Australia has also revealed the location of the sighting. The first account below is the updated version. The second account is a new account of another dinosaur-like sighting in New Britain. By Brian Irwin What the witnesses saw The local people from Awrin Island were not aware of any other definite sighting of this reptile since this sighting in late 2005, however since the reptile fits the description of a sauropod (quadrupedal) dinosaur it would be assumed that it would be limited to coasts. Many of the coastal regions of the south of West New Britain are sparsely populated or are not populated at all, so this may explain why sightings of this creature are rare.
West New Britain, Umbungi Island: was it a Therizinosaurus?
By Brian Irwin
After a failed attempt to reach Umbungi Island due to engine trouble, four locals from Gasmata and myself arrived on Umbungi Island on 13th May 2008. The locals on Umbungi Island were very helpful with my enquiries and they told me that a young man named Robert and another man named Tony Avil were the two most recent observers of the reptilian creature. Tony was not on Umbungi Island at the time I was there, but Robert was present and he recalled the amazing sighting he witnessed around Christmas 2005. What Robert saw
Creature identified I drew the outline of the foot of a three-toed foot of a dinosaur in the sand and Robert said that this was similar to the foot of the creature, with the feet being similar to that of a duck. Apparently a Therizinosaurus has four toes on each foot so he may of being referring to the shape of the foot, instead of the number of toes. Also, it would have been difficult to see the number of toes from a distance of approximately fifty metres. Nine people have seen the reptile since the early 1990s, with sightings occurring every four to five years, usually around Christmas. After interviewing Robert we travelled by boat to the south side of Umbungi Island to see where the reptile entered Umbungi Island from the sea and to also observe where two women observed the reptile on rocks near the island during another sighting. Regrettably, after seeing the south side of Umbungi Island we had to depart for Gasmata to arrive there before dusk so I did not get to interview any of the other local people who have sighted the creature over the years. However we stopped at a logging company on the New Britain mainland near Umbungi Island to purchase some fuel and there I met a man named Michael Atung. Alage Island sighting Habitat
The location where the
reptile entered Umbungi Island when it was sighted by Robert. The people
in the photo from left to right are: Robert, the most recent observer of
the Therizinosaurus-like reptile on Umbungi Island, another Umbungi
Island resident, Matthew, the village chief from Awrin Island, Rafael,
who operated the boat from Gasmata to Umbungi Island, and another
Umbungi Island resident. Very large dinosaur remains excavated in AntarcticaA four- to six-tonne, seven- to eight-metre long dinosaur has been dug out of rock and ice at the base of Mt Kirkpatrick near the Beardmore Glacier, 700kms south of Scott Base and in New Zealand's Ross Dependency, A statement by Chicago's Field Museum says the massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph named "Glacialisaurus hammeri", was a new genus and species. A description of the new monster, published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, and is based on only partial foot, leg and ankle bones. "The fossils were painstakingly removed from the ice and rock using jackhammers, rock saws and chisels under extremely difficult conditions over the course of two field seasons," said Nathan Smith, a graduate student at The Field Museum. The find was named after Dr. William Hammer, a professor at Augustana College in the US who led the two field trips to Antarctica that uncovered the fossils. Team films pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea Explorer William Gibbons says a team led by Garth Guessman have observed ropens at night and have filmed them flying. They are currently upgrading their cameras to get better images. Ropens, known by a number of ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea, are found in historical literature from ancient times, with recent sightings from the Middle Ages in Europe. They show many characteristicss of pterosaurs. These "flying serpents" exhibit luminesence. Continuing reports from Papua New Guinea prompted the Creation Research Society to mount an expedition in 2004 with Garth Guessmann. The 2004 report is available here. 2006
expedition to Cameroon to find living dinosaurs Five scientists led by the dinosaur-hunter Dr William Gibbons will mount an eight-man expedition to Cameroon in January 2006 to find the much observed and documented Mokele M'bembe, thought to be a remnant of the dinosaur group. An expedition in 2003 came close to the living animals, which had retreated to river caves, but sounds and elephant-sized foot and clawprints were discovered. The team, which includes a paleontologist, a biologist
and a physicist, has tentatively identified a major migration route of the
animals between Cameroon and Congo. They will be The full report entitiled the Milt Marcy Cameroon Safari
2006, and written by William Gibbons' previous expeditions have paved the way for the 2006 safari. Through time, government approval has been obtained, and the cooperation of local Christian churches. The difficult process of gaining access to this region has been negotiated, and the team feels confident enough that their safari will not be jeopardised by fanatical evolutionists bent on destroying evidence of what could be the greatest zoological discovery of all time. Interim Report, February 8, 2006 United World Mission missionary Paul Ohlin is reported to have seen a Mokele Mbembe on January 10, three weeks before the Milt Marcy expedition. Paul and his wife Diane are planting churches among the Aka pygmy people. He saw the suspected sauropod on the Sangha River. Contact with Pastor Ohlin has not yet been made to discover details or even if he was able to take photographs. Little information has been received from the Marcy expedition so far. Marcy and his team travelled 110 miles up the Dja River in a powered boat. They interviewed three fishermen and acquired three independent eye-witness accounts of Mokele-Mbembes observed just days before they got there. In the meantime, Marcy, who financed the expedition, is is recovering from its considerable rigours. Big, duck-billed dinosaur namedA duck-billed dinosaur, which was discovered in 2002 in the USA, has just been described and published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. Gryposaurus monumentensis (hook-beaked lizard from the the monument) was discovered near the Arizona border in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by a volunteer. According to the Associated Press, duck-billed dinosaurs were previously known to have been among the most imposing herbivores, with hundreds of teeth and a body that could knock down trees. Gryposaurus monumentensis is measured at 30 feet long and 10 feet tall. It is reported to have 800 teeth in one jaw and a compact skull. Creation researcher finds stegosaurus carvings in Cambodian ruinsDr Don Patton, famous for his research into the human footprints in
the Paluxy River, has found stegosaurus carvings in the Ta
Prohm temple monastery complex in Cambodia. 2006 expedition
to Cameroon to find living dinosaurs
Five scientists led by the dinosaur-hunter Dr William Gibbons will mount an eight-man expedition to Cameroon in January 2006 to find the much observed and documented Mokele M'bembe, thought to be a remnant of the dinosaur group. An expedition in 2003 came close to the living animals, which had retreated to river caves, but sounds and elephant-sized foot and claw prints were discovered. The team, which includes a paleontologist, a biologist and a physicist, has tentatively identified a major migration route of the animals between Cameroon and Congo. They will be using remote camcorders in an attempt to film the wary but dangerous beasts. A report issued by the team says that this will be the biggest, best-equipped and best-qualified expedition ever to pursue living dinosaurs in Africa. The full report entitled the Milt Marcy Cameroon Safari 2006, and written by project leader and prime mover Dr William Gibbons, is available here. The 45 pages trace the concept of dragons or dinosaurs in the Bible, present historical artifacts representing dinosaurs, and turn the spotlight on Africa as a likely location of living dinosaurs, with information about sightings and expeditions. The report includes pictures from a previous expedition and drawings of Mokele M'bembe, which is found in seven African countries. William Gibbons' previous expeditions have paved the way for the 2006 safari. Through time, government approval has been obtained, and the cooperation of local Christian churches. The difficult process of gaining access to this region has been negotiated, and the team feels confident enough that their safari will not be jeopardised by fanatical evolutionists bent on destroying evidence of what could be the greatest zoological discovery of all time. Interim Report, February 8, 2006 United World Mission missionary Paul Ohlin is reported to have seen a Mokele Mbembe on January 10, three weeks before the Milt Marcy expedition. Paul and his wife Diane are planting churches among the Aka pygmy people. He saw the suspected sauropod on the Sangha River. Contact with Pastor Ohlin has not yet been made to discover details or even if he was able to take photographs. Little information has been received from the Marcy expedition so far. Marcy and his team travelled 110 miles up the Dja River in a powered boat. They interviewed three fishermen and acquired three independent eye-witness accounts of Mokele-Mbembes observed just days before they got there. In the meantime, Marcy, who financed the expedition, is is recovering from its considerable rigours. (A full report was never received.)
Recent revelation of dinosaur embryo in eggA dinosaur embryo has been revealed in South Africa, still inside the egg. The discovery is being billed as "the oldest dinosaur embryo ever" and 190 million years old. It measures 15 centimetres (6 inches) long. Inside the egg is the skeleton of a Massospondylus carinatus dinosaur. The embryos were found during a road construction project in South Africa in 1978, but researchers had not attempted to expose them from the fossil eggshells and surrounding rock until now. An adult Massospondylus had a head that was only 8 inches (20 centimeters) long. Its upper limbs were only half the size of its thighbones. It grew to be about 16 feet (5 meters) long, with a beanstalk-like neck and an 8-foot (2.4-meter) tail. The report in Science magazine is full of speculation. T-Rex with soft tissue found in Montana, USABBC report 25 March, 2005—Researchers have reported to Science magazine that they have found what appears to be cells and blood vessels in a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone. The fossil is supposed to be 68 million years old. The BBC report says that the find will be greeted with both acclaim and disbelief. Dr Mary Schweitzer of Carolina State University says she has found what look like red blood cells, and osteophytes which make bone. She is not saying that what she has are red blood cells and ostophytes, only that they give that appearance. This is probably the first time that such a specimen has been excavated by secular science, but it has been done already by Creation scientists who returned from Alaska with blood-bearing bone that was more bone than fossil. Anyone who cares to tap with their knuckles the partly-excavated long bones at Dinosaur National Monument, as I have done, with find several that sound bony at one end and stony at the other, showing incomplete fossilisation. The question is now: how can bone and tissue endure for 68 million years? We maintain that the specimen is around only 4000 years old, another air-breathing beast that was inundated by the flood of God's judgement known as Noah's flood. Another sighting of Ogopogo?KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Friday, October 22nd, 2004—A video showing a long, writhing shape in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia is being investigated as a possible Ogopogo sighting. John Casorso and his family had rented a houseboat to spend some quiet time on the lake but ended up with video footage of something mysterious in the water. On August 9, 2004 at 7:30 a.m., he said the houseboat started rocking back and forth fiercely. The rocking woke up the family, who all went on deck to see what was happening. When Casorso reached the deck, he said he was shocked to see something swimming away from the boat. "The only reason we noticed it is because it passed underneath the houseboat," said Casorso. "We could really feel the power and size what it was." Casorso acted quickly, retrieving his video camera to get footage of the creature. He has a total of approximately 15 minutes of video footage that clearly shows a calm lake, no boat movement and a long, dark hump rising above the water. Casorso said what he saw looked to be about 15 metres long, and there may have more than one. Local Ogopogo expert Arlene Gaal says there have been nine reported sightings this year, and possibly more that have not been publicised for fear of ridicule. A report appeared in the Daily Courier of Kelowna, Central Okanagan, British Columbia. For further informationn contact us. A new type of icthyosaur found on Norwegian Arctic islandOSLO, Norway, 2 September, 2004—Scientists have found a five-metre (16ft) fossil of a new type of fish-like lizard, the icthyosaur, a giant marine reptile, on the island of Svalbard, 80 degrees North latitude. It was found with another 10 or so skeletons of creatures in a Flood boneyard. The creature looked a bit like a cross between a crocodile and a dolphin, according to Joern Hurum, assistant professor at Oslo's Geological Museum. "Only a few species of ichthyosaur are known and none of this age from this region," he said. Other ichthyosaurs have been found in Germany and Britain. The Norwegian scientists found the fossils almost by chance after they were sent to dig up a smaller fossil plesiosaur, a type of long-necked aquatic reptile with four big flippers, which was found by students two years ago. "We found about 10 skeletons in the same place," Hurum said, including a far bigger plesiosaur about 10 metres long. The metre-long head of the ichthyosaur had been taken to Oslo for further study. Scientists had covered over the Arctic site because frosts had returned after the brief summer. "It's really hard to dig in the region with permafrost," Hurum said. "There's probably only about a month a year when the site is accessible." A new dinosaur found in IndiaUnited States and Indian scientists say that they have discovered a new dinosaur species in India after finding bones in the western part of the country. The new dinosaur species was named “Rajasaurus narmadensis” or “Regal reptile from the Narmada,” after the Narmada River region where the bones were found. The dinosaurs were said to be 25-30 feet long, and had a horn above their skulls. They were thought to be relatively heavy and walked on two legs. “It's fabulous to be able to see this dinosaur which lived as the age of dinosaurs came to a close,” Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, told reporters, albeit mistakenly, because of his evolutionary presuppositions. The National Geographic Society, another evolutionary institution, funded a reconstruction of the dinosaur's skull, its model being presented to Punjab University and the Geological Survey of India in August, 2003. Scientists said they hoped the discovery would throw light on the extinction of the dinosaurs and the shifting of the continents. The dinosaur bones had been discoverd over a period of 18 years by two Indian Scientists, Suresh Srivastava of the Geological Survey of India and Ashok Sahni, a paleontologist at Punjab University. “The sediments in which these dinosaurs were found were closely associated with one of the biggest volcanic activities recorded in the last 500 million years on planet Earth,” says Sahni. New Species? The number of species living in the past, as estimated from fossils, is not as great as once thought, according to a new survey seeking to catalogue every fossil ever dug up. So far, the researchers have found that a number of fossils have been mis-identified as species, whereas in fact they are the same species. Poor communication between taxonomists in different countries can often lead to fossils being wrongly given ther own species status. Accordingly, it is now estimated that the overall number of species in the fossil record is inflated by 32-44%. Source: New Scientist, 23 August 2003, pp 32-35. Reported in Creation magazine 26 (1) December 2003-February 2004. Comments Creation magazine: ‘Species’ is not the same as ‘kind’. Lions and tigers ar different ‘species’, but they can interbreed to produce ligers and tigons (Creation 22 (3); 28-33, 2000). So they are descendants of a single pair that Noah took on the Ark. (So sceptics’ ideas that Noah needed to look after ‘hundreds of thousands of species’ are not valid.) Note that even aside from this new information, only about 340,000 actual fossil specimens (estimated to represent about 250,000 species) have been found. A common claim that 99% of fossil species have become extinct is based on the assumption of evolution, i.e. that billions of intermediate species have existed.
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In 1934 there were reports of farmers near Syracuse, in Sicily, being menaced by a huge and unusual snake that looked much like a dinosaur. Hunting parties were organised, and it was killed.—Dragons, a Natural History by Dr Karl Shuker, 1995, Aurum Press Ltd, London. (Reproduction permissions sought) The painting, like most others,
and even the movie Jurassic Park does not show dermal frills, which
are a feature of dragon drawings and sculptures. Dermal frills, not unlike
the frills of some lizards and even the common rooster's comb, have been
observed by people in Cameroon on Mokele M'bembe.
Telmatosaurus transylvanicus (meaning "marsh lizard") was a genus of dinosaur supposedly from the Late Cretacious. It was a hadrosaur found in what is now Romania. The type species, was described by Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, in 1903. Tt is featured on a 2005 Romanian postage stamp (below)
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