Fossils B/C

[paleonaps]

That would be harsh for those who don't know the correct spelling.

[quizbowl]

well, that would mean that
A) they didnt correctly research it, or didnt at all
or
B) never corrected it themselves.
or
C) just cant spell

[paleonaps]

I'm going with "C".

[rocketman1555]

The 2011 list is up on soinc in case anybody hadn't noticed.

[paleonaps]

That's what we've been talking about. They have a misspelling on it, and we are discussing why it's there.

[quizbowl]

another change: if you remember the list of 2009, it was asteroids. last year, it was changed to stelleroids. and now, its back to asteroids.

[paleonaps]

Okay, so some taxonomic changes are there. That helps somewhat.

[sciencegeek100]

darn. deinonychus and velociraptor are so dang indistinguishable...besides the claws. and age.

Not really, the skulls are quite different. Deinonychus is much larger than the other.
Also, did anyone else hear about this?

yea, they r really different and FYI the velociraptors in jurassic park were closer to the size of Deinonychus but so many things are not jurassic in those movies why would they want to actually put another jurassic dinosaur...

[paleonaps]

Um... Velociraptor was late cretaceous... if you mean the title would be more accurate with actual velociraptor.
Well, you're right about the size, to some extent. The length was right for Deinonychus, but they screwed with the dimensions and made them about as tall as Utahraptor.

[quizbowl]

i really wished for more diversity on the list....:/ oh well.