Rock guitarist inspires rock hounds.One perk perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. of discovering a new species is being able to name it. A trio of paleontologists that has identified a new dinosaur from Madagascar named their find after singer-songwriter Mark Knopfler, guitarist and cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found of the rock group Dire Straits Noun 1. dire straits - a state of extreme distress desperate straits straits, strait, pass - a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs . Details 22 of Masiakasaurus knopfleri were fleshed out in the Jan. 25 NATURE. The 1.8-meter-long predator had a profile like no other dinosaur because the foremost of its lower teeth grew almost horizontally (SN: 11/11/00, p. 317), says team member Scott D. Sampson of the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. in Salt Lake City. Knopfler earned the honor for two reasons. Not only did team members dig his music while they dug for fossils in the African heat, they seemed to uncover more bones when listening to Knopfler's tunes, Sampson says. The dinosaur's genus name, Masiakasaurus, translates as vicious lizard. |
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