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(...) Ian Malcolm Did you ever get the chance to read the book? It's the meat and the movie is the eye candy! -John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) bingo! yes, john, i read the novel years ago, prior to the film coming out. i'm re-reading it now for inspiration and detail to go into this current lego endeavor. the t-rex swims in the book, which is a scene that never made it to the movie. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) DUDE!! LOL I *loved* _Dinosaur Heresies_ AND _Raptor Red_ {:^D I also am a huge fan of Baker! Loved the scene in JP when Timmy (Not *that* Timmy, AFOLs;) meets Dr Grant and quotes Baker regarding the dinos to birds thing-- great stuff! How (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ones (...) churning (...) these (...) and (...) in my (...) in (...) crest. (...) m-f (...) this (...) the pics (...) brachiosaurs (i (...) gates, (...) _should_! (...) is the (...) lego (...) to (...) eye-candy (...) the (...) "raptor (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is this a question you don't know the answer to, or a trivia question? I'll assume the latter. Is it procompsognathus? That's 16 letters, which qualifies as "long" in my book. Greg "He betrayed the irregular hunters and hid himself in a cave." (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) since dino research is my middle name these days..., i believe jeff is refering to chuandongocoelurus (18 letters), one of the small mid-jurrasic coelurids found in sichuan, china. china is also the home of what i think is longest named dino, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually, I was refering to micropachycephalosaurus, with 23 letters. :) Ahh... I love Dino Trivia! I'll see if I can find some more stuff to quiz ya on! :) Jeff P.S. I think *I* just outed myself as a total Dino Geek. :) P.P.S (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, it is the November 1999 issue. The cover says "Inca Sacrifice" in big letters. I'll let ya'll know how the article was when I finish reading it. Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) of course! the "tiny hadrosaur", only abot 8 ft long... supposedly. the identity on this one is rather doubtful, because so little of it was found. ok. (rolling up sleaves) care to take a guess as to the _shortest_ dino name? he he he later ~ (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are we forgetting Antidisestablishment...saurus...? };^D -John Dinogeek Neal (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Troodon"? -John (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Would that make you an Antidisestablishment...usitarian? <grin & duck> James (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) sorry, john, it's not troodon. was "small"(= micro..) a clue in the first question? i missed it if it was. here's a clue for the shortest dino name: armor down under, or america's favorite midget. he he he! later ~ dino-craigo-lego! (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) i overly geeked on this answer. just to set the record straight before one of you other dino geeks catch it, micropachycephalosaur means "tiny thick-headed lizard" (i've known a few, lol!). one of the tiniest known dinosaurs at about 20 inches (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That'd be the Emu! Oh, wait, you want classical dinos. The answer is "Minmi"! Here's an easy one: What dinosaur looks like Stegosaurus but has spikes instead of plates on its back? Jeff (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, that clue wouldn't've helped me much, if I hadn't known the dino's name. Personally, I would've said that it sounds like an annoying singer's name from an early '80s animated TV series. :) Jeff P.S. For those wondering, the name is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Louiedepalmasaurus? Marylourettidon? -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They suck! So that would make me a antiantidisestablish...itarian;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Minmi"! (...) Would it be Polacanthus or Anklyosaurus. Anklyosaurus was a little fella though, about the size of a pny I think Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ~ yingshanosaurus, chinese cousin in the steg family. i have the smithsonian toy model of this one... very elegant looking too, i must say. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, but I screwed up. I swapped the names of two Dinos, that one and kentrosaurus. *sigh* Anyways, Kentrosaurus had plates at the front, but they changed to spikes as they progressed along its back. Three New Challenges! Name the Four most (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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