Re: More on the new pliosaur

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

I just wrote:

> > The [grov] bone structure
> 
> German: grob = "roughly", "superficially"... also "brutal", but that
> doesn't fit here :o) , so I'd suggest: "Generally speaking, the bone
> structure..." or "The general bone structure...".

That was a misinterpretation. The German word can also mean "coarse", and 
that's what the Norwegian one does here, as I have been kindly informed:

>>
"grov" means coarse, the bones very cancellous with lots of vacuities 
filled with dark calcite, so it was quite different from the more dense 
bone of the smaller plesios.

Jørn
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Jørn H. Hurum, Dr. Scient.
1. amanuensis Vertebratpaleontologi
Assistant professor Vertebrate Paleontology
Naturhistorisk museum / Seksjon for geologi
Universitetet i Oslo
Pb.1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo
Norge/Norway
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I was thinking in a too abstract way! I need holidays. :-)
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