Re: Nanotyrannus

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>]

At 02:33 PM 9/2/99 -0500, Natasha Ramsey wrote: 
>
> >From the little bit that I have read, and please someone correct me if I'm
> wrong, it seems that _Nanotyrannus_ did not have the "eye bones" or "horns"
> over the eye sockets that T. Rex had.  Also, the eye sockets were in a
> different place than on T. Rex, perhaps giving it binocular vision. 
> Supposedly this is why T. Rex and Nano' are considered different species. 
> ...


Even if true, I am not sure this really contradicts the juvenile hypothesis. 
Horns, being mostly for social interactions of some sort, need not develop
until near adulthood, and eye position is the sort of thing that can easily
alter during growth.

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