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Re: Dino Geek and Scum
That version was edited down from what I wrote, and omits some comments that
the editors evidently decided were not needed for our audience as a whole. The
most important was the observation (by Dave Unwin) that the fossils could
contain BOTH dinosaur tissue and biofilm. On reflection, I think that should be
the working hypothesis.
At 5:57 PM -0700 7/29/08, Dino Guy Ralph wrote:
>Read a Washington Post article on our very own King of the Dino Geeks at
>www.projo.com/kids/content/lb_kids_dinoman_07-28-08_L385LE2_v8.1c2eb4f.html.
>The article includes a nice plug for the classic Holtz & Rey dinosaur
>encyclopedia, of course.
>
>Plus, New Scientist asks the musical question: "Is it _T. rex_ tissue or
>just scum?" See
>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14427-t-rex-tissue-may-just-be-bacterial-scum.html.
> (IMHO short answer: It's _T. rex_ tissue).
>
>Dino Guy Ralph
>Docent at the California Academy of Sciences
>Dinosaur and Fossil Education
>Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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