Re: Albertosaurinids

[Dennis C Hwang <dchwang@itsa.ucsf.EDU>]

On Tue, 9 Jan 1996 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-01-09 19:58:22 EST, zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au (Adam
> Yates) writes:
> 
> >I have. The paleoanthropologists use the term "hominin" to describe a 
> >member of the tribe Hominini (you know those bipedal primates that used 
> >to have a family all of their own). If this is correct then I guess the 
> >terms we are looking for (as horrible as they might sound) are Albertosaurin
> 
> >and Tyrranosaurin. 
> >
> >
> 
> Pretty cruddy. I'm going to stick with my own scheme. But I must admit
> "homininid" (which would be the derivative according to my scheme) is worse
> than "hominin." Both of them really scrape the barrel bottom, though.

Hmmm, sounds like an ad hominin attack to me.

;)

--Dennis
dchwang@itsa.ucsf.edu
xenopathologist at large!