Dromaeosauroides was a theropod dinosaur that lived around 140 million
years ago during the Early Cretaceous, making it one of the oldest known
dromaeosaurs. In 2000 and 2008, two fossilised teeth from this genus
(cast pictured) were discovered in the Jydegaard Formation in the
Robbedale valley, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, in the Baltic Sea.
It is the first dinosaur reported from Denmark. After these discoveries,
remains and tracks of more dinosaurs were found in several formations on
Bornholm. Coprolites containing fish remains found in the Jydegaard
Formation may belong to Dromaeosauroides. The teeth are curved and
finely serrated. Based on a comparison with other dromaeosaur teeth, the
genus is estimated to have been 2 to 3 metres (7 to 10 ft) in length,
with a weight of about 40 kilograms (88 lb), a hide covered with
feathers, and a large sickle claw on both feet. It lived in a coastal
lagoon environment with sauropods, as evidenced by a possible titanosaur
tooth.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauroides>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1498:
A tsunami caused by the Nankai earthquake washed away the
building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in
Kamakura, Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in>
1906:
The ocean liner RMS Mauretania, the largest and fastest ship in
the world at the time, was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Mauretania_%281906%29>
1943:
World War II: Australian troops defeated Imperial Japanese
forces at the Battle of Kaiapit in New Guinea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kaiapit>
2008:
An explosive-laden truck detonated in front of the Marriott
hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Marriott_Hotel_bombing>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cherish:
1. To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect
with care.
2. To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.
3. (obsolete) To cheer, to gladden.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cherish>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is safer to try to understand the low in the light of the high
than the high in the light of the low. In doing the latter one
necessarily distorts the high, whereas in doing the former one does not
deprive the low of the freedom to reveal itself as fully as what it is.
--Leo Strauss
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss>