A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: emilianomk on April 28, 2009, 01:48:05 AM

Title: Hi again, Help me plz
Post by: emilianomk on April 28, 2009, 01:48:05 AM

Hi, I just found this video and I cant understand what they are saying ,its french I gess, its something about mark knopfler and a dynasour, I think they are joking




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc4zjI6XjYI

Title: Re: Hi again, Help me plz
Post by: IrisRose on April 28, 2009, 04:31:49 AM

Hi Emilia
I think in 2006 a group of paleontologists found the fossil of a dinosaur not discovered yet.   They were fans of Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits and named the dinosaur after him.  Makiosaurus knopfleri   is the name, I think.   This is just a news release about that.  But Nelly can tell you exactly what the video says.    Also someone might want to correct the name if I've gotten it wrong--probably so.

Title: Re: Hi again, Help me plz
Post by: IrisRose on February 12, 2010, 08:33:38 AM

Masiakasaurus knopfleri

(Grade school students check out the exhibit's "Dire Straits" dinosaur skeleton)

 



Masiakasaurus knopfleri is named after Mark Knofler, the lead singer of the band Dire Straits because it seemed that, when his music was played, more bones of Masiakasaurus were uncovered. This fossil, measuring about six feet in length, was a small predatory theropod dinosaur. With its compact body, long neck, and long arms, Masiakasaurus resembled the well-known dinosaurian carnivore Velociraptor, of Jurassic Park fame. Strangely, the skull of Masiakasaurus had teeth in the front of its jaws that project directly forward, an adaptation for stabbing prey.