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‘Hogwarts’ Dragon Unveiled

by Pat Coate | May 25, 2006
"It's a very dragon-like looking dinosaur."
- Robert Sullivan, State Museum of Pennsylvania paleontologist

"I am absolutely thrilled to think that Hogwarts has made a small claw mark upon the fascinating world of dinosaurs."
- Robert Sullivan, State Museum of Pennsylvania paleontologist

Albuquerque, New Mexico - A dragon-like dinosaur named after Harry Potter's alma mater has performed a bit of black magic on its own family tree, say paleontologists who unveiled the "Dragon King of Hogwarts" on Monday in Albuquerque.

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has been notified and apparently rather likes the new name.

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