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Re: south american theropods


From: Waylon Rowley <whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: whte_rbt_obj@yahoo.com
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: south american theropods
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:34:31 -0800 (PST)


ville sinkkonen wrote:

> I noticed that all these three theropods ITF
>(inferior temporal fenestra) were bigger than other
> theropods. What could this mean?

   It may be something as simple as having retained
the primitive state of the ITF. Or, maybe they needed
the extra muscle mass to pierce the thick hides of
titanosaur prey? Just speculation.

Cheers,
Waylon Rowley

"My train of thought has become a runaway caboose."


Or that part was filled up with air, I wouldn't want to be the one walking around with that big head, fill with that much muscle mass.


Steven Coombs
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