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Re: dinosaur flatware

To: Multiple recipients of list <dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: dinosaur flatware
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 21:23:39 -0500
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Sender: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu

In a message dated 96-01-10 18:03:44 EST, kseo@BBN.COM (Karen Seo) writes:

>I'm aware the word dinosaur is mis-used but ignorant of the correct
>usage.  So just for the record, what is the definition for "dinosaur"?

The simplest definition of a dinosaur is cladistic (amazingly enough): a
dinosaur is any archosaur descended from the common ancestor of the genera
_Megalosaurus_ and _Iguanodon_, which coincidentally are the first two
dinosaur genera to be scientifically described. This set of animals includes
a wide variety of creatures, even modern birds.

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