Fossils B/C

[paleonaps]

Was it just the forearm, or the whole arm?

[quizbowl]

cant remember. but it was a cast.

[paleonaps]

If it was the whole arm, it was a Velociraptor. If it was the forearm or humerus, I would guess Deinonychus.

[quizbowl]

i asked the guy who ran it after the competition (i think he was from Kellenberg) and although it was a forearm, it was in fact a velociraptor.

[paleonaps]

Hmmm, that's interesting.

[quizbowl]

and just an FYI: you will probably have an issue at state if you want to do both fossils and ornithology.

[paleonaps]

Yeah, I know. I can always hope though.

[quizbowl]

it seems that they misspelled therapsids as theraspids.

[paleonaps]

Oh well. I think theraspid actually sounds better, but that doesn't make it correct.

[quizbowl]

yea. i hope that they either correct or mark the wrong spelling as wrong on tests, to make sure that the people who do fossils pay attention to the list.