Re: "Dinosaur Cowboy" film

["T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>]

On 9/7/05, Rodlox R <rodlox@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
> >I think "The Adventures of Baron von Nopcsa" would make a better flick.
> >(Though it would probably warrant a "PG" rating - or even an "R".)
> 
> *blank look*  von Nopcsa?

Baron Franz Nopcsa was certainly one of the most interesting
characters in the history of paleontology (and when you stand out as
unusual in a group like "paleontologists"....)
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Nopcsa_von_Fels%C5%91-Szilv%C3%A1s

(Incidentally, some people may be dismayed at that page's premature
pronouncement of death for the hypothesis of a cursorial origin for
avian flight....)

—Mike Keesey