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Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #83

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Subject: Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #83
From: chris brochu <gator@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:38:18 -0500
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>Given that the genus in question is from the Ornithomimidae, it's more
>likely "orc-mimic"--as in the huge and legendary Arabian bird the Orc
>(familiar from the Arabian Nights).


Wasn't that the Roc?  Orcs were big hairy fellows in the *Ring* trilogy.



chris

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Christopher Brochu
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
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References:
- Re: Dinosaur Genera List corrections #83
  - From: newhouse@newton.crisp.net (Brian Newhouse)

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