Re: Tarbosaurus

[Alan Blake Coulson <abcoulso@unity.ncsu.edu>]

Regardless, saying "oh, factors were probably the same on both
continents" is vague to the point of being utterly useless. I know this is
not a formal sedimentological forum, but throwing around such weak
assumptions is bad form, as such "top-of-the-head" assumptions  all too
readily get ingrained as being correct.


On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/22/00 2:16:34 PM EST, abcoulso@unity.ncsu.edu writes:
> 
> << I won't pretend to have the answer to this question. However, I
>  think it is better to leave the querry open-ended, and have  a list of
>  relevant factors compiled, rather than settle on a "quick 'n easy"
>  conclusion that is based on such a plethora of simplifying assumptions
>  that we are guaranteed to have erred. >>
> 
> Not necessarily. Sometimes a simple explanation is also the right explanation.
> 

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