Thescelosaurus is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur known from Upper
Cretaceous rocks of western North America. It belonged to the last
dinosaurian fauna of North America before the Cretaceous–Paleogene
extinction event at approximately 66 million years ago, living
alongside dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. This common
genus was described from a specimen discovered in 1891, but not unpacked
and studied until the 1910s. These circumstances suggested the names of
the genus and type species T. neglectus, which roughly translate to
"godlike, wondrous, or marvelous neglected lizard". Thescelosaurus is
best known from several partial skeletons representing three species: T.
neglectus, T, assiniboiensis, and T. garbanii. One specimen unearthed in
1993 was initially thought to include a preserved heart, but later study
found the object is probably a concretion. Thescelosaurus was a bipedal
animal with a relatively long pointed skull and robust limbs. Typical
individuals measured on the order of 2.5 to 4.0 metres (8.2 to 13 ft)
long. It was probably primarily herbivorous and may have preferred to
live near streams.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thescelosaurus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1738:
At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley
experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist
movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley>
1830:
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first common carrier and
Class I railroad in the United States, opened for scheduled service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad>
1956:
The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in
Lugano, Switzerland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956>
1960:
Cordón Caulle in the Andes in Chile, began to erupt, less than
two days after the Valdivia earthquake struck the region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyehue-Cord%C3%B3n_Caulle>
1991:
The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert
operation to bring Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Solomon>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
shylock:
(intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shylock>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Peace is an awareness of reserves from beyond ourselves, so that
our power is not so much in us as through us. Peace is the gift, not of
volitional struggle, but of spiritual hospitality.
--Harry Emerson Fosdick
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Emerson_Fosdick>