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Serpentine
2008-12-30, 04:58 AM
"Platypus Dinosaur" Unearthed in China (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/705015/platypus-dinosaur-unearthed-in-china)

I was all, "oooo, a platypus in China?! That's gotta freak out some biogeographic scientists!" and then I sort of went, "wait, dinosaur? Wingspan?! What the hell is this thing? :smallconfused:"

Ethrael
2008-12-30, 05:06 AM
It either means that the breadth between it's two arms was 16 metres or this platypus had wiiiings!!!!!

I always thought they had flippers. :smallbiggrin:

_Zoot_
2008-12-30, 06:48 AM
Great, as if i didn't have enough to worry about what with drop bears and hoop snakes now it's FLYING PLATYPUS!!!!

Some one really needs to make a picture of that:smallbiggrin:

Avilan the Grey
2008-12-30, 06:54 AM
Seems like a mistranslation to me.
First of all, Duck Billed dinosaurs does not look anything like a Platypus, but I also suspect that the "wingspan" is really supposed to be "Length". The correlation between the height and length seems about right for a two-legged dinosaur (9 meters height, 16 meters long including tail).

Ghastly Epigram
2008-12-30, 07:38 AM
Archaeopteryx? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopteryx)

DigoDragon
2008-12-30, 08:26 AM
Maybe they had Red Bull back then? :smallsmile: