Link So, it's basically an Aussie version of the velociraptor. It's got the three mondo slashy claws and stuff, smallish, quick, and deadly. Oh, and it's called a Banjosaurus. I'm dead freakin' serious, wtf guys. You discover a new dino and give it the same name as a hillbilly instrument? They also found a few new herbivores, but honestly. It's the predators that everyone cares about.
Learn about Banjo Patterson, nubs. Jeez, foreigners these days. No respect for ol' Aussie poets. But seriously, either the guy who wrote the article or this Scott Hucknell fellow seemed to be lacking in the basic-knowledge-about-dinosaurs area. I mean... Even bigger than the velociraptor, eh? Oh ye gods, it must have huge! Towering over the sauropods, casually selecting which group of sauropods it will eat next! To anyone who's not sure, velociraptors are half a metre tall. Like, seriously. They're like an aggravated chicken on growth hormones.
Yes yes, I know who he is. But why not the Wintonosaurus or even the Peterosaurus. I means seriously. There's literally already a banjo named Banjosaurus.
Oh, so the dinosaur wasn't named after an instrument, but after a poet? That makes it soo much better
@ Fenix. Who on Earth knows which Winton or Peter that would refer to? Everyone knows Banjo Patterson. @ Meee. Yes, it's in the article. And it does, provided you know who Banjo Patterson is.
In other news. Your son has cancer due to a mutation in his sonic hedgehog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog Or with the power of pikachu your eyes are now cured ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachurin Let scientists name stuff however they want I doubt we'll see a banjosauraus in the next jurassic park though....
