Fossil of new 80 million year old carnivorous dinosaur discovered in Thailand

[rooster59]

Fossil of new 80 million year old carnivorous dinosaur discovered in Thailand

 

Fossilized bones, unearthed on Phuwiang Mountain in Phuwiang district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen about three decades ago, have recently been identified as belonging to a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur species.

 

According to Mr. Sommai Taechaval, director-general of the Mineral Resources Department, the dinosaur, which is from the Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago, was named Phuwiang Venator Yaemniyomi in honor of Mr. Sutham Yaemniyom, a retired official of the department who unearthed the fossilized bones in the Phuwiang national park about 30 years ago.

 

The fossil was studied by Mr. Adul Samathi, a PhD student at Bonne University, Germany, who said he became interested after having seen the fossilized bones and was convinced that they belonged to a special dinosaur species.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/fossil-of-new-80-million-year-old-carnivorous-dinosaur-discovered-in-thailand/

 

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[metisdead]

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[nev]

I like how they can pin point right down to an even 80 million years ago, not 79 million or 82 million, Just a question is it just a stab in the dark or can car on dating be this precise.

[overherebc]

23 minutes ago, nev said:

I like how they can pin point right down to an even 80 million years ago, not 79 million or 82 million, Just a question is it just a stab in the dark or can car on dating be this 

Carbon dating is now quite accurate.

[Justgrazing]

40 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Fossilized bones, unearthed on Phuwiang Mountain in Phuwiang district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen about three decades ago, have recently been identified as belonging to a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur species

Previously unknown .! Blimey never a dull day in Thailand .. The Gov' need to lay a claim on this as well .. 

 

42 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

the dinosaur, which is from the Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago, was named Phuwiang Venator Yaemniyomi 

Bit of a mouthful that personally I'd have gone with Somtamasaurus .. 

[Fex Bluse]

42 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Fossilized bones, unearthed on Phuwiang Mountain in Phuwiang district of Thailand’s northeastern province of Khon Kaen about three decades ago, have recently been identified as belonging to a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur species.

Maipenraiasaurus Thai-Rex  would have been a better name

[nickstav]

But, but, but...isn't the earth only 6000 years old?

[expatfromwyoming]

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

 

[Golden Triangle]

Is the guy who studied it related to the guy that invented the free electricity machine.............

[Golden Triangle]

1 minute ago, expatfromwyoming said:

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

 

They must have been aquatic dinosaurs  

[overherebc]

32 minutes ago, nickstav said:

But, but, but...isn't the earth only 6000 years old?

Yep, seems someone worked out in was created on either the 2nd or 22nd of September 4002 BC.

Willing to be corrected though.

????????

[nickstav]

13 minutes ago, expatfromwyoming said:

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

 

Straw man

[ezzra]

And soon you'll be able to buy these fossils  in Chatuchak market...

[attrayant]

1 hour ago, nev said:

I like how they can pin point right down to an even 80 million years ago, not 79 million or 82 million, Just a question is it just a stab in the dark or can car on dating be this precise.

 

Radiometric dating is usually accurate to within two to three percent, and might be made more accurate by factoring in other data and clues.  But carbon dating is not used on bones this old because carbon-14 doesn't have a long enough half-life.  If my memory serves me correctly, C14 dating is good only out to about 100,000 years.

 

Instead, geologists will use other longer-lived isotopes and date the geological layers themselves rather than the things found in these layers.

[thasoss]

80,000,000 year old?....who comes up with this crap

[Bluespunk]

22 minutes ago, thasoss said:

80,000,000 year old?....who comes up with this crap

Why is it crap?

[nickstav]

28 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Yep, seems someone worked out in was created on either the 2nd or 22nd of September 4002 BC.

Willing to be corrected though.

????????

I'd really like to know the exact date so I can set a date for the party.

[Just Weird]

55 minutes ago, expatfromwyoming said:

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

No one claimed that Thailand did exist at that time but it did exist 30 years ago when the fossil was found.

[potless]

1 hour ago, nickstav said:

But, but, but...isn't the earth only 6000 years old?

Of course. Plans to dig deeper were shelved for fear of falling into outer space.

[Just Weird]

The fossil wasn't an invention. 

[klauskunkel]

Thailand invented the dinosaur

[PETERTHEEATER]

........have recently been identified as belonging to a previously unknown meat-eating dinosaur species.

 

How can a previously unknown animal be identified?

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

to have lived in what is Thailand today

What is difficult to understand here?

Sure the landscape might have been different but today it is Thailand where the bones are.

 

I have seen other species  in the Phuwiang area (showroom etc.).

Phuwiangosaurus Sirindhornae,  Siamotyrannus Isanensis ...

 

Driving past highway 12 you always see that dinosaur sculpture at the Phuwiang T-section.

[Skeptic7]

2 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

 

Exactly why it clearly states...'what is Thailand today'. Pretty sure that the province of Khon Kaen is part of what is known as Thailand today. 

[Xaos]

Yet there is no single real dinosaur ???? bone in any world museum. Isnt it suspicious? 

[Skeptic7]

11 minutes ago, Xaos said:

Yet there is no single real dinosaur ???? bone in any world museum. Isnt it suspicious? 

 A Tyrannosaurus rex at the Field Museum Chicago Illinois. The skeleton is an original but the skull shown here is a cast as it is too heavy to mount without risking damage. The original fossil head sits in a case below.

 

 

For a start there are only so many good Tyrannosaurus or Stegosaurus skeletons to go around between all the museums that want them, and also it’s now considered not such a great idea to drill holes through your priceless bones and then stand them up on display.

[nauseus]

4 hours ago, expatfromwyoming said:

"Sixteen dinosaur species were believed to have lived in what is Thailand today" they stated

One problem Thailand didn't exist then-

 

Look at cartoon one. How many of today's countries and continents can you see?? Thailand existed but in another place and in another form.

 

Thailand was formed from parts of two micro continents that existed from the Precambrian (Indochina and Shan-Thai) that fragmented from Gondwanaland (see cartoon 2) and finally crashed into the Asian plate after rotating and rifting during the time that they drifted northward from the southern hemisphere to the present low latitude position in the northern hemisphere.

 

So Thailand hosts some very old rocks, as well as relatively younger ones from the Cretaceous period (145-66 mya), especially in the NE (Korat Plateau), which could quite conceivably contain our new carnivorous friend.  

 

[Fex Bluse]

The only important details is that it also hated Farangs ????

[nauseus]

6 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

The only important details is that it also hated Farangs ????

Well, they certainly weren't around then.

[Fex Bluse]

7 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Well, they certainly weren't around then.

It hated them anyway