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Fwd: Re: Where have all the ornithischians gone?
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> David Marjanovic (david.marjanovic@gmx.at) wrote:
>
> <:-o
> Is there any known dinosaur with more than 15 (or 17 if we interpret the
> sacrum favorably)?>
>
> Gah, that was a mistake, my appologies. This count was way too generous and
> counting from the holotype slab gives me a presacral count, sans axis and
> atlas, of 23. This means, with those elements, the presacral column was 25
> elements, and I suspect the third sacral with is caudally oriented transverse
> processes, is a sacrocaudal, meaning there were probably 26 "true"
> presacrals,
> 7-8 of which were cervicals; thus, a "dorsal" count (ambiguity pertaining to
> the rather contentious pectoral region) of 18-17 dorsals. My bad. The normal
> archosaur pattern, ~24, is upheld at least, by *Lotosaurus*.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jaime A. Headden
>
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>
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>
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Jaime A. Headden
Little steps are often the hardest to take. We are too used to making leaps
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do. We should all
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.
"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the
experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to
do so." --- Douglas Adams
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