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March 6, 2008

The first Dutch dinosaur [Reptiles, Biology] — Administrator @ 9:25 pm


This video from the USA is called Hadrosaur vertebrae found in 1992 and my work on them.

From Dutch daily NRC:

Drifting dead body in the sea of Maastricht

In our country, mainly covered with clay, they were not expected: dinosaur remains. However, by now about two dozen bones have been found. And a hadrosaur reconstruction relating to those finds has been made.

For he first time ever, a Dutch dinosaur has been reconstructed. The beast, about the size of an Indian elephant, belongs to the hadrosaurs: duck-billed animals, with over a thousand (reserve) teeth and with crests aon their heads.

The Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht is exhibiting the hadrosaur, and palaeontologist Anne Schulp wrote a little book about it.

Schulp thinks that those [26 Dutch dinosaur] remains, except in one case, belong to one or two sizable hadrosaur species.

A hadrosaur, found close to the Chinese-Russian border river Amur (an amurosaurus), is at the base of the reconstruction. A Dutch piece of femur, according to Schulp, ‘looks exactly like’ the amurosaurus femur.

Dinosaur names: here.

Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula: here.

Herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs: here.

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  1. I’ve just read that the research is now linking the Dutch Dinosaur to the Chinese one creating an interesting geographical pattern.
    Thanks for the post.

    Comment by Juanita — May 18, 2008 @ 1:19 pm

  2. Paleontological Breakthroughs For The Dutch!

    The recent discoveries of duck billed dinosaurs have arrived to the Netherlands as a hadrosaur was found close to the Chinese-Russian border river Amur (an amurosaurus), is at the base of the reconstruction.
    It is the first time that dinosaurs rem…

    Trackback by Dinosaur Home — May 18, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

  3. Hi Juanita, thanks for these comments! Unfortunately, I will not be at a place where I will have access to my blog,co.uk password until in a week’s time, so I cannot yet reply to your message there.

    Comment by Administrator — May 18, 2008 @ 8:31 pm

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