Fwd: Re: BITING CERATOP{S}IANS

[Flyinggoat@aol.com]

(Was very tired when I sent this NOT to list)
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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Re: BITING CERATOP{S}IANS
Date:    95-05-10 22:50:07 EDT
>From:    Flyinggoat
To:      swf@elsegundoca.attgis.com

>I suspect that "desert" (that is relatively barren vegetation) >covered
>a wider range of habitats in the Late Cretaceous than it does now, >since
>grasses are less water-dependent than any of the potential >alternatives
>I know of from pre-Neogene times.

Didn't Horner describe the area around Egg Mountain's drier bits as being
covered by ferns and berry bushes?  Here in California I've seen berry
thickets covering city block-sized, arid, areas.  These shade the ferns well
enough to protect from the full heat of day.

Betty Cunningham(Flyinggoat@aol.com)