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Lancian landscapes (was Re: When dinos roamed)



Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. <tholtz@geol.umd.edu> wrote, in part:

> In the Hell Creek Fm.
> -Tyrannosaurus
> -Triceratops
> -Anatotitan
> (in other words, the Big Three from the good ol' days of the Cretaceous
Hall
> of the AMNH)
> -Quetzalcoatlus
> -Ornithomimus
> (I can't remember if Ankylosaurus made it into the final version).
>
> Also, once again the Lancian dinosaurs are out on the open plains (okay,
> there is some woodland, too), grazing like Neogene mammals of the
> grasslands.  Ah, well, the Serengeti lies deep in the human psyche, I
> guess...

Does it mean that some artists usually draw them among too open landscapes?
Are Doug Henderson's paintings better for a Lancian landscape model?
And what about the Lancian landscapes in BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs? Do
they work?

Friendly,
                Luc J. "Aspidel" BAILLY.