Re: Ultraraptor einsteini ??? (JP3 musings...)

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Mike Taylor wrote:


> But even if they did, you can't call them "Ultraraptor".
> We must NEVER forget that that name's "preoccupied" --
>
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/1999Apr/msg00121.html
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/1999Apr/msg00122.html
> http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/1999Apr/msg00127.html


Exactly.  I'm really looking forward to Dr Ferguson's publications.  It's
very rare to see first-class molecular biology combined with good old
fashioned paleontology.

"Raptors were ferocious killers, everyone agrees about that. Why?
Because the DNA of the Raptors had a gene that caused them to be
killing machines."

He's on to something, folks.


;-)


Tim



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Timothy J. Williams

USDA/ARS Researcher
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Iowa State University
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