Fossil hunters: Jurassic national park. (rare allosaurus unearthed in Wyoming)

The Economist (US) | October 26, 1991 | Copyright

WHEN cows the on the arid Wyoming ranges, their necks gradually bow backwards as the tendons dry and shrink in the sun. Much the same applies to dinosaurs. An allosaurus unearthed near Greybull, Wyoming this September had its neck curled so sharply that the back of its fearsome skull almost touched the spine. Anyone innocent of the effects of dessication on a neck might think it had died in paroxysms of agony - or was throwing its head back in laughter at the shenanigans of its discoverers.

Although allosaurus skeletons are relatively common in museums, they are ...

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