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(...) Ichthyosaurs absolutely did (there's a famous fossil of an Ophthalmosaurus that died while giving birth and was somehow fossilized), so there's no reason that archosaurs didn't. Oh, regarding that end-of-the-sauropods argument, there are (...) (26 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Darn sacci-frasso-rassin' kids, stealin' my thunder...;) But yeah, that's the story. Why do crocodiles not have a high, warm-blooded metabolism? They don't need it, and have never needed it. They're archosaurs like monotremes are (...) (26 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The article, to me, seemed to be saying that this was the most conclusive evidence found yet... Of course, I could've misinterpreted it. :) (...) Unidentified specimen? It is from a Thescelosaurus... The best example yet... Also, see my post (...) (26 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This prompted me to pull out one of my dinosaur books, and examine the dinosaur family tree. :) Anyway, if this chart is correct (it's ten years old, but I doubt its changed much), then I'd guess Dinosaurs and mammals both evolved (...) (26 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks! It sounds familiar; I'll check it out and get back to you! :) Jeff (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hah! I guess this would be the torso for a me-minifig ;) -Chris, who's not sensitive about his weight, but probably should be. I'm just big-boned(1) (...) (1) Ahh, the immortal Cartman... ;) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh man, it's funny how the media is taking this as a bold new theory that is just now seeing the light of day. Horner, Bakker et al. published their thoughts on this stuff -- with much media fanfare -- ten years ago or so. Much of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) A similiar article appeared in the L.A. Times. One would suspect that warm-bloodedness goes back at least till the dinosaur-mammal split given the plant-eater angle. Bruce (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Perhaps you are thinking of the First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen R. Donaldson. The character to which you refer is actually Berek Halfhand, supposedly reincarnated as the main character (Covenant) who is indeed a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I saw that! It sort of confirms what palaeontologists have thought since about 1980. The fact that it's a plant-eater is more interesting, though--the suggestion existed that "only predators needed that level of energy." Hm. best LFB (26 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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