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Re: Cretaceous taeniodont



Do you see these as burrowers?

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Nick Pharris wrote:

> Quoting John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>:
>
> > Body plan.  Dinosaurs were primitively bipedal.  Presumably, this was part
> > of the package that contributed to their early success.  I was just
> > re-reading Orwell's brilliant essay on mining.  Two-legged
> > transport in the confines of tunnels is a nightmare.  This could be part
> > of the reason, at least.  Many large dinsoaurs were secondarily on four.
> > The fact that no small dinosaurs did this (so far) _may_ indicate that
> > others had the edge here.
>
> Psittacosaurs (facultative?) and basal neoceratopians?
>
> Nick Pharris
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Michigan
>