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Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 9:27 am
by paleonaps
That would be harsh for those who don't know the correct spelling.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 12:20 pm
by 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
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 5:05 pm
by paleonaps
I'm going with "C".
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 8:40 pm
by rocketman1555
The 2011 list is up on soinc in case anybody hadn't noticed.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:29 am
by paleonaps
That's what we've been talking about. They have a misspelling on it, and we are discussing why it's there.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:28 am
by 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.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:58 am
by paleonaps
Okay, so some taxonomic changes are there. That helps somewhat.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 5:42 pm
by sciencegeek100
paleonaps95 wrote:quizbowl13 wrote: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...
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:02 pm
by 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.
Re: Fossils B/C
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 9:01 am
by quizbowl
i really wished for more diversity on the list....:/ oh well.