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3 unusual facts about Nedcolbertia


Nedcolbertia

I. Kirkland, B. B. Britt, C. H. Whittle, S. K. Madsen and D. L. Burge, A small coelurosaurian theropod from the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of eastern Utah.

Three skeletons of a theropod were discovered in 1993 by Christopher Whittle near Cisco in the basal Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, dating to the Barremian.

The specific name honoured Justin Hofmann, a six year-old school boy from Newton, New Jersey, a participant of a contest for children by Discover Card, the winner having a dinosaur named after him.


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