Re: Paleo Bloopers

[brucet@mindspring.com (bruce thompson)]

>I believe it was actually O.C. Marsh who thought that the horn cores of
>ceratopsians were those of a bison.  Jane
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> Jane P. Davidson PhD
>University of Nevada Reno
>fax 702-784-6655
>http://home.aol.com/Jdhexen

        It's easy to laugh now, but remember: those horn cores were the
first ceratopsian fossils ever scientifically examined.  He corrected
himself once he a more complete skull to study--even though he did believe
the beasties were variants of stegosaurs.

bruce

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