And the probability that any of them spit black tar-like venom, or any
venom at all, is almost nil. I'm obviously all for speculation, but what
Jurassic Park No. I did with Dilophosaurus was a bad idea. If they had
called it an unknown theropod, I could have swallowed that possibility. But
specifically connecting it with a specific genus for which there is no
evidence of venom (spitting or not), or even a frill, was a really dumb
idea, in the book or the movie. A high-tech movie should have
high-technical type scientific consultants.
This is apparently the typical selling-out for the allmighty dollar,
not to mention the dumbing down typical of the lowest-common-denominator
level of entertainment that will continue if we don't complain about it. We
should not be making excuses for them. This kind of speculation wouldn't
even pass muster on a newsgroup like this, so it certainly has no place in a
major movie production that will be seen by millions. As Dennis this
computer guy said in that movie, "don't get cheap on me." They appear to
be cheap when it comes to paying for consultants, or they just don't care.
Either way, it stinks.
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From: Dinogeorge@aol.com Reply-To: Dinogeorge@aol.com To: dinosaur@usc.edu Subject: Re: JP3 Thoughts (frilled Dilophosaurus revisited) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 23:12:44 EDT
In a message dated 7/19/01 9:19:07 PM EST, rob_redwing@hotmail.com writes:
<< >As I understand it, there are three species of _Dilophosaurus_ that have >currently been found in the fossil record< There is only one valid species of _Dilophosaurus_ (see the archives for the recent comments on this by HP Irmis, myself, and others, dealing with "D." _sinensis_) >>
Three species of Dilophosaurus have published descriptions:
Dilophosaurus wetherilli Dilophosaurus sinensis Dilophosaurus breedorum
All these are >valid< species names, but one (D. sinensis) certainly belongs to a new genus, and another (D. breedorum) is likely a junior synonym of the first (D. wetherilli).
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