Dino embryo (fwd)

[sean.kerns@sdrc.com (Snake)]

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> 
> I saw a brief clip on the news this morning about the dino embryo that
> was found, but haven't seen anything in the paper.  Is this the
> "protoceratops that wasn't"    that was discussed on this list ?
> 
> Can someone supply more details ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Miki
> 

The news report I saw last night called it an "Oviraptor", so it 
sounds like what was reported here earlier this week. My question
is: does this mean that oviraptors weren't? The news report kind
of made it sound that way. Have they been getting a bad rap?
My understanding was just that these eggs had been assumed to be
Protoceratops, since it was the most abundant species in the area,
and there were a lot of eggs, so they must be Protoceratops. then
the opened one up, and voila' - oviraptor. This doesn't mean ALL
of the eggs assumed to be Protoceratops are now assumed to be
oviraptors, does it?

Sean



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