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RE: News: Dracorex hogwartsia; crumbling Dinosaur Monument





"The naming of Dracorex hogwartsia is easily the most unexpected honour to have come my way since the publication of the Harry Potter books," Rowling said in a written statement.

You can tell she's just so totally overwhelmed by the honor...

;-)




In case these news items have not been mentioned yet:

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/14636951.htm
 Dragonlike dinosaur skull donated to Children's Museum
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - The 66-million-year-old skull of a dinosaur whose name was
inspired by the Harry Potter series has found a permanent home in the
Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Dracorex hogwartsia will be housed permanently at the museum, officials and
paleontologist Robert Bakker were to announce Monday.....


http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=272871 Visitor Center Cracking up at Dinosaur Monument May 21st, 2006 @ 2:58pm VERNAL, Utah (AP) -- Without any money to replace it, the National Park Service is watching a visitor center over a dinosaur bone quarry slowly split apart, making do with patchwork repairs as the building slowly deteriorates. .....


http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3838577 Utah paleontologists enter a new age of dinosaur discovery By Greg Lavine The Salt Lake Tribune

GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT - Halfway down a sandy slope,
paleontologist Alan Titus drops to his knees and reaches out to delicately
trace the fossilized skin of a 75 million-year-old dinosaur. ....




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