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RE: Deltadromeus teeth



> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Luis Perez
>
>   I know Deltadromeus has no skull, but, I've seen numerous
>   reconstructions with a "phantom skull"...What dino is this skull
>   borrowed from? If it isn't borrowed, where did they get it?

It is pure imagination. Especially the version with the trihorned lacrimal...

(Of course, maybe there is unpublished material that supports it. But as far as 
I know, there is not.)

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