Re: Snarling theropods

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

> From: "Michael Lovejoy" <michael@palaeoproductions.fsnet.co.uk>

> But surely many archosaurs had physical characteristics not found today in
> reptiles? Can we rule out mobile lips with certainty? ( I confess, I'll be
> just as happy if we can, it's one less control to worry about on the
> animatronics!)

Tracy Ford has written a good paper on the subject, which, unfortunately, I 
don't have with me at the moment.  Here's the reference, though:

Ford, T. L.  1997.  Did theropods have lizard lips?  Southwest 
Paleontological Symposium, 1997.

If you can get your hands on it, it should help to answer some of your 
questions (the final answer being no).

Jordan Mallon

Undergraduate Student, Carleton University
Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoecology

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