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Re: number of species of dinos

>From: JohnE37179@aol.com
 > What percentage of the total ecosystem are fossilized? 

A vanishingly small percentage.

I once estimated (conservatively) that at least a *trillion* individuals
of Triceratops existed over the span of the genus.  We have remains
of some hundred or so individuals, if you include isolated leg bones
and the like.

 >  What percentage of
 > the possible fossils to find have been found?

Almost certainly less than half, probably less than a quarter.

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