[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: BIG EARLY WHALES

To: dinosaur@usc.edu, dwn194@soton.ac.uk
Subject: Re: BIG EARLY WHALES
From: dunn1@IDT.NET
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 18:41:55 +0000
In-reply-to: <199706231124.MAA25428@willow.sucs.soton.ac.uk>
Reply-to: dunn1@IDT.NET
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

> From:          "Darren Naish" <dwn194@soton.ac.uk>

> Maybe there's a little ambiguity attached to the meaning of 'truly massive',
> but, in my book, whales got truly massive very early on in their history -
> _Basilosaurus_ from the late Eocene (approx. 40 Ma) got upwards of 15 m with 
> _B.

(massive snip)

Ah yes, good point.  But it fails to answer what is for me the real 
question -- why on earth is Basilosaurus called Basilosaurus if it 
was a mammal?

Regards,
Larry

"Join the Mobile Infantry
And see the Universe"

Follow-Ups:
- Re: BIG EARLY WHALES
  - From: Jeff Hecht <jhecht@world.std.com>

References:
- BIG EARLY WHALES
  - From: "Darren Naish" <dwn194@soton.ac.uk>

Prev by Date: Spielbert?
Next by Date: Re: Pachycephalosaurus
Previous by thread: BIG EARLY WHALES
Next by thread: Re: BIG EARLY WHALES
Indexes: