As a child I was fascinated by dinosaurs. It’s a fascination that has never left me. Yet the pictures in text books of thirty odd years ago are now seriously passé. The idea of those huge sauropods sitting all day in lakes and swamps to support their weight has been completely overturned. That’s the thing with paleontology; it is always open to new ideas prompted by the discovery of new fossils.
They’ve discovered a new one in Brazil. Not a large animal – Unaysaurus tolentinoi is only about 2.5 metres long it would seem. This is interesting as paleontologists believe it was related to Plateosaurus, which has been found in Europe, rather than South America. Plateosaurus was also somewhat larger. So, one find suggests a large land mass during the Triassic that connected what is now Europe with the American continent.
I have always had a fascination for the Triassic period. After all, that is when we first had tortoises on the earth. Tortoises may not be the brightest creatures, but they’ve been with us for 250 million years, so I guess they are doing something right. I have a vested interest here as I have four of them.
My cousin has always owned tortoises and this has rubbed off on her daughter who is now the proud owner of a wee little one. It can fit into your hand and she paid 200 pounds for it. It will more than likely outlive her. I have always loved tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards and yes, dinosaurs!Visit me @ http://iridescence.blog-city.com/
She will do well to look at the Tortoise Trust at http://www.tortoisetrust.org for useful information.Visit me @ http://longrider.blog-city.com
I will point her in that direction … thanks for the link!Visit me @ http://iridescence.blog-city.com/