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Re: "Dinosaur Heresies" inconsistency?



In a message dated 97-08-04 22:20:11 EDT, cmd11@po.cwru.edu (Chris Dreher)
writes:

<< Erythrosuchus (presumably a "crimson crocodile") >>

Evidently from "erythro-," meaning red or crimson, as in "erythrocytes" for
red blood cells. Refers to the color of the sediments in which the fossil was
found (I think).