Newsweek en fait sa une, quelques semaines après NewScientist: les dinosaures sont à la mode.
Et moi qui ne supporte pas de ne pas l'être, j'en fais un Album Photo et je contemple effaré ces bestioles.
Photos issues du journal qui lui-même s'est fourni auprès de l'American Museum of Natural History qui fait une expo là-dessus jusqu'en janvier 2006. Ils ne mourront pas d'ici là.
Les trouvailles, qui viennent notamment de la province de Liaoning (China), ont permis au Museum de dresser la nomenclature suivante (j'ai eu la flemme de traduire, mille excuses, vous comprendez en lisant la liste).
Juste avant, je vous donne ci-dessous cette capture du site de NewScientist avec à gauche l'article sur les dinosaures, et à droite, la pub de Microsoft: ça c'est du contextue!!!
Liaoning Species List:
Dinosaurs:
Beipaosaurus inexpectus
feathered dinosaur that, unlike its relatives, probably ate plants
Microraptor gui
unusual feathered dinosaur with winglike structure on hind limbs
Caudipteryx zoui
first nonavian dinosaur found with modern feathers
Sinosauropteryx prima
first nonavian dinosaur found with feathers
Sinornithosaurus millenii
feathered dinosaur closely related to Velociraptor
Psittacosaurus sinensis
small plant-eating dinosaur that apparently lived in flocks when young
Liaoningosaurus paradoxus
smallest-known armored dinosaur
Dilong paradoxus
early tyrannosaur with primitive feathers
Mei long
fossil of this tiny birdlike dinosaur was found in a sleeping position
Birds
Confuciusornis sanctus
earliest-known toothless beaked bird
Sapeornis chaoyangensis
largest-known Mesozoic bird
Liaoningornis longidigitris
early flying bird
Longipteryx chaoyangensis
early bird that apparently ate fish
Other reptiles:
Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis
long-necked aquatic reptile
Monjurosuchus splendens
aquatic reptile that preyed on other animals
Manchurochelys liaoxiensis
turtle
Haopterus gracilis
long-snouted flying reptile (pterosaur)
Jeholopterus ningchengensis
flying reptile (pterosaur) covered in a fuzz of thin fibers
Sinopterus dongi
crested flying reptile (pterosaur)
Fish:
Peipiaosteus pani
fish related to modern sturgeon
Lycoptera
fish similar to modern herring
Sinamia
primitive fish
Amphibians:
Callobatrachus sanyanensis
frog closely related to modern frogs
Jeholotriton paradoxus
gilled salamander
Mammals:
Jeholodens jenkinsi
early mammal
Eomaia scansoria
earliest-known modern mammal
Repenomamus giganticus
largest-known Mesozoic mammal
Arthropods
Palaepangonius eupterus
type of fly that was an early pollinating insect
Araneae
orb weaver spider
Ephemeropsis trisetalis
mayfly
Gerridae
large water strider
Cicadidae
cicada and cicada molts
Neuroptera
lacewing
Conchostraca
small, shelled crustacean
Blattodea
cockroach
Dermestidae
beetle that fed on dead animals
Aeschnidium heishankowense
dragonfly
Palaeocambarus licenti
crayfish
Plants
Archaefructus
one of the earliest-known flowering plants
Equisetum
horsetail
Ephedra
shrub similar to those found in arid American west
Xiajiajienia
fern that closely resembles modern ferns
Tyrmia
small tree that may have been a major food source for plant-eating dinosaurs
Czekanowskia
unusual tree with long needlelike leaves
Pityocladus densifolius
tree similar to modern pines
Pityocladus jianshangouensis
tree similar to modern pines
Ginkgo
tree closely related to modern ginkgos
Rehezemites
member of the bennettite family of plants, which went extinct 85 million years ago
Brachyphyllum
very primitive cone-bearing plant