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Re: Hibernating Dinosaurs?



Tim Williams wrote:

> The large eyes of _Leallynasaura_ have been regarded
> as an adaptation to seeing in the dark; but it could just as equally be a
> juvenile trait.

It's not just the size of the eye sockets; an endocast of a
Leallynasaura brain also shows enlarged optic lobes.

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Dann Pigdon
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