Re: Nanotyrannus

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.NCR.COM>]

From: Joe Daniel <jdaniel@aristotle.net>
 > Both Tim Williams and Dr. Holtz mentioned in posts that there is some 
 > thought that Nanotyrannus may be a juvenile.I was under the impression 
 > that Bakker had done a CAT scan or some such on a nanotryannus skull

THE Nanotyrannus skull - there is only one.

 > and 
 > showed good evidence that it was an adult.  I am assuming from your 
 > posts that this view has come under fire recently.  ...
 > 
That was the implication.  As I understand it this has to do with
a reanalysis of the significance of bone fusion and relative growth
in large theropods.

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