Re: Rookie Questions

["Peter Von Sholly" <vonrex@gte.net>]

I really don't want to be mean, but why don't you get a BOOK?  The kindness
of many list members is vast and I do not  think that you, Jessica, or
anybody else should be ignored or treated shabbily, but there really is a
ton of information that would make you able to ask even more and better
questions.  Try one of the three big encyclopedias: Farlowe-Brett-Surman,
Glut, or Currie-Padian,  and dig in!

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> From: GOBI 2010 <gobi2010@hotmail.com>
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Rookie Questions
> Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 3:22 PM
> 
> Okie, here's some questions I have, that shouldn't be too hard to 
> answer...
> 1) What makes a dinosaur Basal? Ex: Basal prosauropods,etc...WHAT'S IT 
> MEAN?
> 2) How many species of Protoceratops are there and what are the Species 
> names? I know there's at least 2-P. andrewsi (If I remember 
> correctly)....and some other ones....what's the difference in the two 
> forms?
> 3)Why aren't there many dinosaurs with names that start with 'z'?
> 4)Could 'duckbills' have deffended themselves by kicking,clawing or 
> biting predators? Or maybe by puking like vultures?
> (hehe....I know it'd be hard to prove the vulture vommit one...)
> 5)What's the bite pressure/an estimate of the bite pressure of
> Tyrannosaurus rex
> Allosaurus fragilis
> Giganotosaurus
> Utahraptor O.
> Carnotaurus
> Megalosaurus
> 
> Thanks for your time in answering these questions.
> :) 
> 
> 
> Jessica Wagar
> Amateur Paleontologist
> Michigan,USA
> http://server1.hypermart.net/gobi2010/index.htm
> 
> Good friends are like good books;
> Hard to find and worth keeping-JNW'98
> 
> 
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