Re: Spinosaurine on NetLaputa website

[Waylon Rowley <whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com>]

Rob Gay wrote:

> What about it says that it must be a premax/max
> complex? I first thought this too, but then I 
> realized that there was only a small foramen, and
> nothing akin to a narial opening. 

Although you can't really tell, it looks like the
symphysis between the 2 lateral halves extends for
some distance down the midline. I only say this
because that's what the rostral view implies. I think
that "small foramen" is the naris. A caudally placed
and very reduced one, though. There is a pretty good
likeness with this cast (?) and the pic of
_Angaturama's_ snout at
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol282/issue5392/images/large/se4687006004.jpeg

What else could that small fenestra be? 

Cheers,
Waylon Rowley

"My train of thought has become a runaway caboose." 

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