RE: Hou, 2000

["Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
Mickey_Mortimer11
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:26 PM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Hou, 2000

Tracy L. Ford wrote-

>> Hou Lianhai (2000): Zhong1guo2 gu3 niao3 ? ? ? = Picture Book of Chinese
>> Fossil Birds
>
> Why not just buy the book? It's not that expensive. You can order it on
> line.

Because it has the most horrible skeletal reconstructions of birds I've ever
seen. <<
So, you have the book then? Mine's buried someplace, in some pile in my room
so I can't look at it right now. But if it's the book that I'm thinking of,
I thought the skeletal reconstructions were uniquely (not bad) done. It also
has photo's of the specimens, so I guess it isn't worth getting because of
that right?
 Besides these, it consists of are basic fact files and inaccurate
diagnoses of Chinese taxa,<<
Boy, you'd think a Chinese book on Chinese fossils would be better, oh well.
>> with life restorations that were done by a
skilled artist who was hampered by having to rely on the skeletal
reconstructions for his illustrations. <<
Like the rest of us don't use skeletal reconstructions? How many bad
Archaeopteryx illustrations are there?
 >>The skeleton of Jibeinia doesn't
even have the coracoid anywhere close to contacting the sternum!  It's
laying along the outside of the ribcage!  You wouldn't think the artist had
even seen a bird skeleton.<<
Maybe he hadn't.
 I can send a scan to anyone who wants a laugh.
:-)<<

Mickey Mortimer<<
 No thanks, I have the book.

Tracy L. Ford
P. O. Box 1171
Poway Ca  92074