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Re: Utahraptor and Size
- To: DINOSAUR@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu
- Subject: Re: Utahraptor and Size
- From: "Mike Hoffmann" <Mike.Hoffmann@mch.sni.de>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 09:56:01 -0600
- In-reply-to: ornstn@hookup.net (Ronald Orenstein) "Re: Utahraptor and Size" (Jul 27, 18:27)
- References: <199407272228.SAA01983@noc.tor.hookup.net>
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> My assumption has always been that the JP "Velociraptors" WERE Deinonychus,
> following Greg Paul's lumping of the two genera. I also understand that one
> reason for the large size of the JP raptors was to provide a costume into
> which a human operator could fit.
Duh. I thought the V. were to be and were computer-generated? Meaning totally
and completely without ever using models. (which was what made the JP FX
so special and novel).
Mike
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