Re: Dinosaur Songs, Part II

[Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>]

>The Kenner series of Jurassic Park dino models included a couple of Triassic
>species - Coelophysis and Dilophodon.  (egad - Dilophodon WAS Triassic,
>wasn't it?)  There were two versions of Dilophodon released.  One contains a
>water reservoir, so it can "spit," and the other has a (fortunately)
>detachable neck frill.

Dilophosaurus was actually Early Jurassic.  (And, good thing about the
detachable frill.  Unfortunately, if it is really based on of the JP
Dilophosaurus, the whole head is wrong.  Despite many interesting features
of the skulls of coelophysoids and dromaeosaurids, the artists behind
Jurassic Park just "morphed" the skull of Tyrannosaurus (with the typical
tyrannosaurid downward, scalpel-like curve of the maxilla) for the smaller
theropods.)

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
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