RE: Struthiomimus Exhibit

[Michael Bruce Habib <mbh3q@cms.mail.virginia.edu>]

I was implying that it was a great statue from a purely 
artistic standpoint.  

I didn't have a caption when I saw 
the statue pictures, is that really supposed to be a 
Nyctosaurus?

(Oh, and that is not quite what I meant by 
"pterosaur-dinosaur" interactions.  I don't really see 
theropods grabbing pterosaurs in flight, personally.)

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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Michael Bruce Habib
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 4:00 PM
> To: JimM@mesatc.cc.nm.us
> Cc: 'dinosaur@usc.edu'
> Subject: Re: Struthiomimus Exhibit
> 
> Great bronze statue!  The piece brought to my mind the fact
> that I have seen very few papers regarding
> pterosaur/nonavian dinosaur interactions (feeding or
> otherwise). This is probably because anything on the topic
> is very speculative, but it seems like there should be
> something out there. Does anyone have any good leads on
> this topic? I thought it might be worth doing some reading
> on.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Oh, my aching back!!! There is no way that back could bend like that and let
> the animal live and the forearm is way to wide. Not to mentioned that kind
> of pterosaur, Nyctosaurus, didn?t live with it. Wrong time, wrong place and
> with what is known for the skull of Nyctosaurus, wrong head.
> 
> Who said ornithimimid?s were feathered? There?s nothing right about that
> exhibit.
> 
> 
> Tracy L. Ford
> P. O. Box 1171
> Poway Ca  92074
> 
> 

Michael Habib
mbh3q@virginia.edu
Student, Biology Department
University of Virginia