Re: Horner's JP3 interview

[Josh Smith <smithjb@sas.upenn.edu>]

Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/14/01 4:17:23 PM EST, smithjb@sas.upenn.edu writes:
>
> << The point is that this isn't _Spinosaurus aegyptiacus_, which I am assuming
>  (perhaps incorrectly) is what Jack was talking about.  That is what I was
>  saying before--it looks like Jack is combining data from other genera for his
>  estimates of _S. aegyptiacus_. >>
>
> Right, it's certainly not S. aegyptiacus. But I would imagine this is where
> the big figures are coming from.

Well, then...I cannot imagine why anyone should take issue with that interview
then.  I mean it isn't like he is trying to do something really outrageous, like
feathering the entire bloody Coelurosauria based on, what, three data points, or
something...

That does sound like a likely source....it was the one I had been thinking.

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