(AP) – A scientific journal has given its imprimatur to
Arkansas’ state dinosaur, noting that its kind flourished in Asia but are not well-represented in North America.Details about the Arkansaurus fridayi (ar-kan-SAW’-rus fry-day-YEYE’) were
published Monday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Joe Friday
discovered the bones near Lockesburg in 1972 while searching for a missing cow.
Arkansas’ state dinosaur, noting that its kind flourished in Asia but are not well-represented in North America.Details about the Arkansaurus fridayi (ar-kan-SAW’-rus fry-day-YEYE’) were
published Monday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Joe Friday
discovered the bones near Lockesburg in 1972 while searching for a missing cow.
Researcher ReBecca Hunt-Foster said in the journal article that the species is one of the oldest basal ornithomimosaurs (ohr-NITH’-oh-MEE’-moh-saurs) in North America. She and fellow researcher James Quinn said additional discoveries would help scientists know more about the species.
Hunt-Foster is a University of Arkansas graduate who now works at the Bureau of Land Management in Moab, Utah.
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