Re: New Ankylosaur species

[David Krentz <ddkrentz@charter.net>]

I always amazes me how many dino=philes are also tank-philes.  Myself  
included!  Part of the reason I made a line of dinosaur miniatures in  
1/72 is so I could surround them with scale armour!

  Are there any pics online of this dino?

D
On Oct 31, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Erik Boehm wrote:

> ""dinosaur versions of a Sherman tank," Bill Parsons said. "They  
> were armored and they withstood whatever came at them, and they just  
> kept going."
>
> Well then, they weren't very much like sherman tank at all...
> Sherman tanks sucked compared to other designs out there.
> High profile, thin (relative) flat armor...
> America's industrial output made up for the design deficiencies.
>
> A Sherman vs a Tiger.... the tiger would be the one that withstood  
> the attacks, the sherman would be toast (same goes for vs a T-34).
>
> Oh well, he's a paleontologist, not a military historian.
>
>
>
> --- On Sat, 10/31/09, Ian Paulsen <birdbooker@zipcon.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker@zipcon.net>
> > Subject: New Ankylosaur species
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Cc: vrtpaleo@usc.edu
> > Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009, 9:14 AM
> > HI ALL:
> > FYI:
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091030/sc_livescience/newdinosaurbuiltlikeashermantank
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ian Paulsen
> > Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
> > " Which just goes to show that a
> >   passion for books is extremely unhealthy."
> > from Cornelia Funke's "Inkheart".