Re: BRONTOSAURUS FOREVER! (and BIG MAMMAL TRAMPLES DEAD DINOSAUR)

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/02 3:12:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu writes:


<< Actually, the _Apatosaurus_ vs _Brontosaurus_ 'controversy' is not as
complicated as you might think..>>

       Akshully, I'm an old-timer and have no problem with the dichotomy whatsoever. Brontosaurus has a big blunt head and a long tail that drags on the ground. It appeared in all those old Knight and Zallinger images. As Gertie, it was one of the first animated cartoon characters. It lived in the swamp on Kong's Skull Island and also chased Ward Cleaver up a tree in "The Lost Continent"(animated very possibly by the Walter Lantz studio). It was the star of the original Lost World film, while in Harryhausen's "One Million Years B.C." it's part was drastically cut. It's a lyric in a song in "The Wizard of Oz" and it's a great John Cleese bit in "Monty Python". It was an icon on thousands of Sinclair gas stations and Louis Jonas' heroic sculpture for Sinclair at the World's Fair. Then there's Alley Oop and Warner Bros.cartoons. And on and on. See: http://psychosaurus.com/turok/turok013.htm 
       Apatosaurus is a burly Morrison sauropod with a Diplodocus-like skull and thick neck and non-dragging tail. Jack McIntosh was responsible for putting it into focus back in the 1970s.
       As a "cultural taxon", Brontosaurus certainly still exists. Just my opinion. DV