Re: [Dilophosaurus: the Error]

[archosaur@usa.net]

owner-dinosaur@usc.edu wrote:
> Just one bit.
> 
> There seemed to be an assumption that the diloph in JP was an adult, 
> shrunk down by Speilberg and all the excess mass pumped into the 
> *Velociraptor* that harrowed the stars' lives in Kauai. I was pretty 
> certain Wayne Knight [aka, Dennis Nedry] told the little diloph that he 
> was glad "it's not one of your big brothers". This statement, to my 
> mind, meant the little fella wasn't full grown.
> 
> In the book, they were presented as fossils had them, at about twenty 
> feet, though we are pretty certain now that *Dilophosaurus* is 
> represented by immature specimens, due to the unfused centra/neural 
> arches complex.
 
It's probably wrong for me to reply to this (seeing as how we're riding the 
rail topic wise) but I couldn't resist.

The way I saw it, when Nedry said "I'm glad your not one of your big brothers" 
he meant not one of the bigger Carnosaurs. 

Plus Nedry's expertise was in the computer field. Chances are he knew little to 
nill on dinosaurs. I wish Spielberg didn't dumb them down either way.

OK that's about as far off topic I'm going for awhile.

Archosaur J


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