Re: A therizinosauroid dinosaur teeth found in Kumamoto pref. Japan

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

Tracy L. Ford said:

>They [fossil therizinosaur evidences] seem to be popping up in a lot of
places.<

    Yes, it seems as though once there is a 'crack in the paleo-perceptual
egg' (i.e., the first example is found and becomes known), eyes, minds, and
perceptions open up, worldwide, and discoveries start popping up as might a
newly planted crop!

    It may be of interest to note that this phenomenon occurs at the
individual level, too. For example, once I recognize a new (at least to me)
type of track in the Early Cretaceous of Maryland, I often start finding
them widely, even in places I had formerly looked and perceived no such
thing.

    The same thing is well known among 'birders'.  Sometimes, for decades a
birder has wanted to see a certain rare bird, but once it is seen, that same
birder starts noticing that the rare bird is not so rare.

    Ah, the doors of perception!

    Ray Stanford

"You know my method.  It is founded upon the observance of trifles." --
Sherlock Holmes in The Boscombe Valley Mystery

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From: "Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@cox.net>
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Subject: RE: A therizinosauroid dinosaur teeth found in Kumamoto pref. Japan