'thunder-thighs' Dinosaur Discovered: Brontomerus May Have Used Powerful Thigh Muscles To Kick Predators

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'Thunder-Thighs' Dinosaur Discovered: Brontomerus May Have Used Powerful Thigh Muscles to Kick Predators

 

Reconstruction of Brontomerus mcintoshi in combat with a predator. (Credit: Francisco Gasc)

 

ScienceDaily (Feb. 23, 2011) — A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper recently published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica by an international team of scientists from the UK and the US.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223071203.htm