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Re: Bambiraptor

To: mike@tecc.co.uk
Subject: Re: Bambiraptor
From: Dino Guy and a Lady <gbabcock@best.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:05:55 -0800
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
References: <E13wPs1-0007Y1-00@fw-smtp.tecc.co.uk>
Reply-to: gigi.babcock@alumni.usc.edu
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Mike Taylor wrote:

> According to the dinosauricon's Bambiraptor page at
> http://dinosauricon.com/genera/bambiraptor.html
> it was described by Burnham, Derstler, Currie, Bakker, Zhou & Ostrom.
> I don't know much about paeleontology, but even I recognise the name
> Ostrom: anyone care to comment on his involvement in what looks (at
> least according to the Padian paper) like a very dodgy enterprise?

Except in unusual circumstances, I don't believe that we are permitted to
discuss the character of paleontologists on this list.  From his public
comments, it is clear that Ostrom found the _Bambiraptor_ specimens
fascinating.  Let's leave it at that.

-- Ralph W. Miller III   ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu

References:
- Bambiraptor
  - From: Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>

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