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Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:29:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Stembel writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > There's even some debate as to whether ichthyosaurs were true dinosaurs
> > anyway.
> As far as I know, there is no debate. Icthyosaurs are not Dinosaurs, just as
> Pterosaurs aren't Dinosaurs either. :) However, all three types are
> Archosaurs. :)
Er, yeah. That's what I said. ;-)
"Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the
standard literature.
> > > I did not like the ideas presented on the subject by The Discovery Channel's
> > > "Walking with Dinosaurs." :)
> > What ideas were those?
> First, the sauropod (in this case, Diplodocus) dug a hole with its rear feet.
> Then, it used an "egg tube" (1) to lay the eggs in the hole.
A prehensile ovipositor, eh?
LOL -- I just watched _Aliens_. I wonder how much scarier that movie would've
been if the alien queen was instead a Diplodocus. :-,
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) :D IIRC, Archosaur means "Ruling Lizard". Actually, I'm quite sure. (Monarch = single ruler... :D ) (...) I guess so! :) (...) (I'm gonna get it for this one...) I suppose I'd find that funny if I'd actually seen that movie. :) Jeff (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) As far as I know, there is no debate. Icthyosaurs are not Dinosaurs, just as Pterosaurs aren't Dinosaurs either. :) However, all three types are Archosaurs. :) (...) First, the sauropod (in this case, Diplodocus) dug a hole with its rear feet. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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