Re: BIG EARLY WHALES

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-24 01:08:59 EDT, dwn194@soton.ac.uk (Darren Naish)
writes:

<< One final word. Dinosaur palaeontology is rife with scepticism. So how
come we
 haven't yet seen any scepticism directed toward the veracity of
_Amphicoelias
 fragilimmus_ (or however it's spelt)? A taxon based on a drawing of a lost
 fragment? Is that original drawing proof enough of this existence of this
 animal? These are genuine questions and not my attempt to play devil's
advocate.
  >>

>Especially< since those were the days when Cope and Marsh were trying to
outdo each other in discovering the largest known dinosaurs.