Re: BBC's WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Website

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/99 6:17:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
majestic_cheese@yahoo.com writes:

> I haven't looked at it too closely yet, but it is
>  colorful and quotes at least one Dinosaur Mailing List
>  subscriber!  Can you guess who?  Check it out:
>  
>  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/

I have to admit I found it disappointing.  I would have thought the BBC would 
be a little more careful.  I mostly checked out the pterosaurs and theropods. 
 _Quetzalcoatlus_ has an old-school low head with rear crest (as in _Illo'ed 
Encyc. of Pterosaurs_); _Ornithocheirus_ is pictured as a _Tropeognathus_ 
(which at least some specimens referred to the genus emphatically are not), 
and it is claimed that _O._ inhabited both England and Brazil; 
_Tyrannosaurus_ looks rather sluggish and lacks the S-shaped neck; 
_Utahraptor_ is listed as coming from Utah and Brazil (I can only assume they 
are confusing it with _Megaraptor_).

Plus, the whole thing was peppered with not terrifically important but 
annoying and easily correctible typos that make the presentation look sloppy 
(of the "therapod" or "its" vs. "it's" variety).

Again, I expected more from an organization as respected (at least over here) 
as the BBC.

Wet-blanketishly yours,
Nick P.
Olympia, WA, Cascadia