I took a walk around my neighborhood yesterday afternoon and happened upon “Capitalsaurus Court” “Capitalsaurus” is the informal name given to a genus of dinosaur from North America. Its fossils were discovered in Washington, DC. It was a theropod (meat-eating dinosaur), and it lived during the Cretaceous. It is a nomen nudum, having never been formally described. “Capitalsaurus” fossils were discovered in January of 1898 at the intersection of First and F Streets S.E., in the District of Columbia - an intersection now designated as Capitalsaurus Court. These fossils were not uncovered by any paleontological activity, but as a by-product of sewer work. The “Capitalsaurus” is the official dinosaur of the District of Columbia. via wikipedia

I took a walk around my neighborhood yesterday afternoon and happened upon “Capitalsaurus Court”

“Capitalsaurus” is the informal name given to a genus of dinosaur from North America. Its fossils were discovered in Washington, DC. It was a theropod (meat-eating dinosaur), and it lived during the Cretaceous. It is a nomen nudum, having never been formally described.

“Capitalsaurus” fossils were discovered in January of 1898 at the intersection of First and F Streets S.E., in the District of Columbia - an intersection now designated as Capitalsaurus Court. These fossils were not uncovered by any paleontological activity, but as a by-product of sewer work.

The “Capitalsaurus” is the official dinosaur of the District of Columbia.

via wikipedia

Oct 26 2009

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