History Channel - "jurassic Fight Club" Fri Night

[Haddy]

From 5 to 8 PM EST tonight is a program: "Jurassic Fight Club."

"Using crime scene investigative techniques paleontologists examine bite marks." Never saw it before, no idea if it's any good, but it's about Carnivorous Dinosaurs right now.

Next hour (6 PM) has megs, 7 PM is T Rex.

5 PM has a lot of info on this (from wikipedia):

Majungasaurus (pronounced /məˌdʒʌŋɡəˈsɔrəs/ mah-JUNG-gə-SOR-əs "Mahajanga lizard") is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 65 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Only one species (M. crenatissimus) has been identified. This dinosaur was briefly called Majungatholus, a name which is now considered a junior synonym of Majungasaurus.

Like other abelisaurids, Majungasaurus was a bipedal predator with a short snout. Although the forelimbs are not completely known, they were very short, while the hindlimbs were longer and very stocky. It can be distinguished from other abelisaurids by its wider skull, the very rough texture and thickened bone on the top of its snout, and the single rounded horn on the roof of its skull, which was originally mistaken for the dome of a pachycephalosaur. It also had more teeth in both upper and lower jaws than most abelisaurids.

Edited October 22, 2010 by Haddy

[Ordovician_Odyssey]

thank you for posting this topic!

i will be sure to watch. sounds very interesting

Edited October 22, 2010 by trilobite guy

[Haddy]

thank you for posting this topic!

i will be sure to watch. sounds very interesting

You're welcome. You may be able to view the programs on History's web site. It's a 2008 program, and it's interesting altho as happens too often, a little hokey. Here's a summary of the shows in the series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Fight_Club

[dhk]

was a great show, loved it. Thanks for the heads up.

[Boesse]

That's a rerun of the first episode that aired two years ago. Bobby