Re: Eagle eyes

["King, Norm R" <NKing@usi.edu>]

Chris Brochu wrote (3/22/00; 8:47am):

>Palpebrals are present nearly universally among crocodylians (and have a
very broad
distribution among crocodyliforms).  In general, the more robust the snout,
the
larger the palpebral - and in very blunt-snouted forms (Paleosuchus,
Osteolaemus, a
few fossils), the palpebral forms from multiple ossifications.

No one really knows what they do, but there is a general correlation between
palpebral size and snout shape.<


But this does not seem to be true for dinosaurs.  However, just speaking off
the top of my head (try to visualize that!), it seems that most
well-palpebraled herbivorous dinosaurs have among the narrower snouts.  Are
there any theropods or sauropods with palpebrals?