Re: Brachylophasaurus Skin...

["Ray Stanford" <dinotracker@earthlink.net>]

Is there a link where we might see the natural skin cast referred to below?

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From: "Paleo_Mont" <paleo_mont@excite.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>; <vrtpaleo@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Brachylophasaurus Skin...


Released to the A.P. and Reuters today or yesterday...

>From the Judith River Formation of Montana, a Sub-Adult Brachylophasaurus
with skin impressions on its foreleg and foot. With possible other skin
impressions around the body as well. It is a fully articulated specimen.<

>...On another note....
ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGg...............I had ALOT of complaints about the _When
Dinosaurs Roamed North America_ ug..wasnt to pleased, and everyone in the
room with me heard it. hehe.  hmmm "dromeosaurids" that have a _"Planet of
the Apes"_ type face to them. Gah!...<

    I agree.  It was ludicrous.  It was as if someone had "Planet of the
Apes" in mind and slipped that in as a joke.  If a dromesaurid had that kind
of head frill, the stench from accumulated, clotted blood (from prey) would
surely be detected by potential prey and enable them to escape. It would
probably have smelled as terrible as an Aztec priest who cut out hearts
repeatedly, without bathing, as described in THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, by
William Hickling Prescott.  Hardly a survival adaptation, IMHO.

    Ray Stanford