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Re: Fossils

Posted: April 16th, 2009, 2:23 pm
by soobsession
blufoster6 wrote:That's a pretty good idea. I would have never thought of that.
thanks it was mentioned earlier in the forum so thank whoever said that. cuz i wouldnt have thought of doing it either if it werent for that post :D

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 17th, 2009, 6:17 pm
by Sunshine
Well, seeing as the handbooks have a whole bunch of information you don't need, you could take it apart and just put the information you need in your binder. What I did though was just put sticky notes over everything I don't need to know to prevent it from distracting me.

And also... Dimetrodon's listed under Theraspids on the fossil list... shouldn't it be a Pelycosaur?

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 18th, 2009, 7:15 am
by soobsession
Sunshine wrote: And also... Dimetrodon's listed under Theraspids on the fossil list... shouldn't it be a Pelycosaur?
i might have misinterpreted your question but isnt a dimetrodon a pelycosaur? :|

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 18th, 2009, 5:19 pm
by croman74
soobsession wrote:
Sunshine wrote: And also... Dimetrodon's listed under Theraspids on the fossil list... shouldn't it be a Pelycosaur?
i might have misinterpreted your question but isnt a dimetrodon a pelycosaur? :|
I think that's what she's asking.

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 18th, 2009, 7:41 pm
by Sunshine
Yeah, that's what I'm asking. Dimetrodon should be a pelycosaur right? But it's listed as a theraspid on the Fossil list.

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 19th, 2009, 8:53 am
by soobsession
gah...i think this is what your asking

dimetrodons are pelycosaurs and pelycosaurs are theraspids....right? :|

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 19th, 2009, 12:01 pm
by Sunshine
Okay, for some reason... I think I just got confused about what I'm asking myself :D Sorry about wording it in a way that's hard to understand.

But nevermind, I think I understand it a bit better, thanks though. :)

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 19th, 2009, 1:18 pm
by sciencegeek100
blufoster6 wrote:If you have a book, the easiest way to find things quick is to put tabs where the major phylla start. It helped out soooo much!!
LOL... i have like 40 tabs in my 4 or 5 inch binder....

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 19th, 2009, 1:37 pm
by monkeysareawesome
soobsession wrote:gah...i think this is what your asking

dimetrodons are pelycosaurs and pelycosaurs are theraspids....right? :|
actually, pelycosaurs are not therapsids (yes, the national list has this spelt wrong). Pelycosaurs were the precursors to the therapsids, and the therapsids developed out of them. The therapsids then developed into mammals. Wikipedia has a decent page on the evolution of mammals:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_mammals

oh, and dimetridon is a pelycosaur, its just one of the several typos on the list

Re: Fossils

Posted: April 21st, 2009, 7:04 am
by oh joy
what are the distinct differences between coelophysis and velociraptors???