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Re: Evidence of Warm Blooded Dinosaurs
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:37:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> 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. :)
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> Er, yeah. That's what I said. ;-)
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> "Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the
> standard literature.
:D
IIRC, Archosaur means "Ruling Lizard". Actually, I'm quite sure. (Monarch =
single ruler... :D )
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> > > > 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.
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> A prehensile ovipositor, eh?
I guess so! :)
> LOL -- I just watched _Aliens_. I wonder how much scarier that movie would've
> been if the alien queen was instead a Diplodocus. :-,
(I'm gonna get it for this one...) I suppose I'd find that funny if I'd
actually seen that movie. :)
Jeff
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| (...) Was that a jest? I can't tell. To correct or to let lie, that is the question. "Arch" is the prefix for "old". Like "archaic". "Monarch" originally meant "old man". Eventually, its meaning was narrowed to the person who was typically the most (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Er, yeah. That's what I said. ;-) "Archosaur" == "ancient lizard"? I guess I need to look that one up in the standard literature. (...) A prehensile ovipositor, eh? LOL -- I just watched _Aliens_. I wonder how much scarier that movie would've (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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