From: Waylon Rowley <whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Spinosaurine on NetLaputa website
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:41:31 -0800 (PST)
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