Re: Rookie Questions

[tlford@ix.netcom.com]

GOBI 2010 wrote:
> 
> Okie, here's some questions I have, that shouldn't be too hard to
> answer...

> 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?

Are you asking specificaly about Protoceratops or Protoceratopsidae?

> 3)Why aren't there many dinosaurs with names that start with 'z'?

Probably for the same reson there aren't very many words that start with
'z'.

> 4)Could 'duckbills' have deffended themselves by kicking,clawing or
> biting predators? Or maybe by puking like vultures?
Kicking and clawing is out. Why you may ask? Because of the tail, it's
in the way. I did some drawings for Darren Tanke nearly 10 years ago
(has it actually been that long?) about how hadrosaurs could have gotten
broken ribs. They couldn't kick backwards the tail is in the way. The
legs dont' move sideways, so thats out, and only way for a forward kick
to work is if the kicking animal held onto the kicked animal with its
front legs. The more formable weopon IMHO is the mouth.

Glad to hear your not discourged by the list. If you don't find the
answer to you questions, write them down, and in the furture if you want
to prosue paleontology, you can take up the question and answer it for
all of us.I've several written questions that I hope to prosue.

For example...

> 5)What's the bite pressure/an estimate of the bite pressure of
> Tyrannosaurus rex
> Allosaurus fragilis
> Giganotosaurus
> Utahraptor O.
> Carnotaurus
> Megalosaurus

Only Tyrannosaurus rex has been done (as answered by a list member and
Megalosaurus is being done). So in the furture you could take it up.

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