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Aw: [dinosaur] European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology abstracts + Smithsonian dinosaurs + more



> Gesendet:ÂMittwoch, 27. Juni 2018 um 20:59 Uhr
> Von:Â"Ben Creisler" <bcreisler@gmail.com>
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> I don't know where the "prosauropods"Â as theropod or tyrannosaur ancestors 
> flub could possibly come from.

I do: the 1960s through early 80s, when the herrerasaurids were considered 
theropod ancestors and at the same time part of a paraphyletic Prosauropoda. 
Lots of people simply don't know how short the half-life of knowledge has 
become, and can't imagine it on their own.

> Who does the fact-checking on this stuff?

What made you expect anybody does?