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1. Arubis · 1789685469 · focus · HN ↗

   This probably is the most succinct way to write the title, but assigning nationality to dinosaurs is _weird_.

   1. saghm · 1789688748 · focus · HN ↗

      FWIW "American" might be more continental than national; my recollection is that one of the places where tons of dinosaur bones were found in the early paleontology days is Alberta.

      1. Arubis · 1789688793 · focus · HN ↗

         I think that’s what most tripped me up. “North American” would’ve been clearer here.

         1. saghm · 1789691496 · focus · HN ↗

            I honestly had the opposite misreading; I thought it was intentionally trying to say it also had been found in South America, but from some googling I can't find any reference to that. Wikipedia seems to have already been updated to "North America and Europe"

            1. marcosdumay · 1789691914 · focus · HN ↗

               North and South American dinosaurs were very different.

               1. imp0cat · 1789709592 · focus · HN ↗

                  Yes, and the difference being that they did not build a huge wall between them.

                  1. saghm · 1789756510 · focus · HN ↗

                     Mild correction, but unless you're talking about something in Columbia or maybe Panama, I think what you're referring to is between North American countries.

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