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First named dinosaur from Arkansas, USA: Arkansaurus

Started by Halichoeres, March 21, 2018, 03:15:01 PM

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March 21, 2018, 03:15:01 PM
To be honest I don't really like the name, but Arkansas doesn't have a great Mesozoic record, so I won't complain too much. It's a new ornithomimosaur and the first dinosaur out of this minor US state to have enough material to name.

Paper (paywalled): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2017.1421209?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Write-up from the Arkansas Geological Survey: http://www.geology.ar.gov/pdf/pamphlets/dino.pdf
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