Re: Dinotopian observations of Mike Brett-Surman

I must say that Dinotopia is very good compared to other dinosaur movies I've seen, even though it's littered with inaccuracies and mistakes.

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From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>

To: "dinosaur" <dinosaur@usc.edu>

Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:35 AM

Subject: Dinotopian observations of Mike Brett-Surman

> Mike (whose very busy with plans for field work this summer) asked me to
> point out the following observations of Dinotopia the TV Megathingy:
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> Did you catch the following?
>
> Zippo is a "Stenonychosaurus".

That did bother me.
>
> The fresh water reptiles that attack the wooden bridge guarding the entrance
> to World Beneath are supposed to be MOSASAURS.

Sad, sad, very sad.
>
> When the ankylosaur senator interrupts Zippo's report about the World
> Beneath, the mayor says "the Alamosaurus is correct...........".

Maybe he meant Amtosaurus???
>
> Dinotopians are famous for their care of the dinosaurs. So why did they
> leave a 60 foot high metal covered brachiosaur outside during a lightning
> storm?
>
> The head master of the Skybax school says "since the two species diverged
> (pteranodons and tyrannosaurs) they haven't spoken to each other".
>

I missed that part.

>
> And of course - "chamosaurus is a hadrosaur".

Aarggh!

The way it was pronounced bothered me more than that (KAS-me-o-SAWR-us)
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