RE: Orkoraptor.

[Robert Margulski <RMargulski@tellurian.net>]

At 02:49 PM 6/6/2008, Brad McFeeters wrote:

> What is meant when someone says a particular dinosaur was discovered 
> in a particular year?  *Orkoraptor* will be named in 2008 (the paper 
> is technically still in press), but was collected in 2001.
>
> The link could be worth discussing, because the two reconstructions 
> of *Orkoraptor* by the same artist look nothing alike.

The first picture has one dinosaur, which I assume is Orkoraptor.
IMHO, the second picture has two dinosaurs; the dead one looks like 
the first picture.

Respectfully,
Robert

>   I wonder if the fossils are informative enough for one of the 
> reconstructions to be preferable.



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