From http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1604757.htm
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The first proof that land-dwelling dinosaurs lived on remote
islands in the
South Pacific has been unveiled by an Australian-based researcher.
Dr Jeffrey Stilwell, a palaeontologist from Melbourne's Monash
University,
says he discovered the fossilised foot, finger and spinal bones of
carnivorous dinosaurs on the Chatham Islands, about 850 kilometres
east of
New Zealand.
The discovery confirms the Chathams were once connected to New
Zealand by a
finger-like extension, Stilwell says.
"Prior to our discoveries, only a few isolated examples of dinosaur
fossils
had been found in the northern part of New Zealand," he says.
"Now we've found dinosaur remains almost 1000 kilometres east out
in the
middle of the South Pacific." ...
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Dann Pigdon
GIS / Archaeologist http://heretichides.soffiles.com
Melbourne, Australia http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
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