RE: Dinosaur Revolution Review

[Jaime Headden <qi_leong@hotmail.com>]

  I'm not so sure the large first pair of premaxillary teeth in *Incisivosaurus 
gauthieri* are display structures. It's possible, but with the exception of 
some marine mammals, teeth for display is pretty nigh non-existent, and these 
teeth are relatively small in comparison.

Cheers,

  Jaime A. Headden
  The Bite Stuff (site v2)
  http://qilong.wordpress.com/

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


"Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a
different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race
has had a dream: to kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or
his new way of looking at things." --- Zapp Brannigan (Beast With a Billion 
Backs)


----------------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:50:46 +0000
> From: keenir@hotmail.com
> To: tijawi@gmail.com; dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: RE: Dinosaur Revolution Review
>
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:11:54 +1000
> > From: tijawi@gmail.com
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: Re: Dinosaur Revolution Review
> >
> > Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know... you say it yourself: they're different kinds of feathers, 
> > > so it would be like comparing walrus whiskers to llama fur. ;)
> > No, because it demonstrates that maniraptorans used their filamentous
> > integument (feathers and their homologs) for display purposes,
>
> so do porcupines and skunks.
>
> *sigh* I give up.
>
>
> > > Aside from perhaps _Incisasaurus_, what maniraptors used their teeth as 
> > > display structures?
> > I think you've profoundly misunderstood David's point here.
>
> initially, I was replying to a statement about display structures.
>
>