Diodorus scytobrachion was a silesaurid dinosauromorph that lived
during the Late Triassic of what is now Morocco. The dinosauromorph is
the only known member of genus Diodorus. Fossils dating to about
230 million years ago were discovered in the Timezgadiouine Formation
of the Argana Basin, and were used to name the new genus and species.
The genus name honors the mythological king Diodorus and the historian
Diodorus Siculus; the specific name is ancient Greek for 'leathery arm'
and also honors the mythographer Dionysius Scytobrachion. The holotype
specimen is a partial dentary bone (front of the lower jaw), and
assigned specimens include isolated teeth, two humeri, a metatarsal, and
a femur (diagram shown). Diodorus is estimated to have been around
2.3 m (7.5 ft) long, with features thought to be shared by most
silesaurs, including leaf-shaped teeth, long limbs, and a quadrupedal
posture. It is believed to have been principally though not entirely
herbivorous.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodorus_scytobrachion>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1916:
World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient
came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to withdraw to
their original lines.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mont_Sorrel>
1973:
The Los Angeles Dodgers started Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron
Cey, and Bill Russell in the infield, beginning a record eight-year run
in Major League Baseball for four people designated as starters for
those positions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_infield_of_Garvey,_Lopes,_Cey_and_Russell>
2007:
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari
Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing>
2011:
A 6.0 Mw earthquake caused up to NZ$6 billion of additional
damage to Christchurch, New Zealand, which was still recovering from an
earthquake four months earlier.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2011_Christchurch_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
oligopoly:
(economics) An economic condition in which a small number of sellers
exert control over the market of a commodity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oligopoly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We may find illustrations of the highest doctrines of science in
games and gymnastics, in travelling by land and by water, in storms of
the air and of the sea, and wherever there is matter in motion.
--James Clerk Maxwell
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell>
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