Re: Mesozoic birds 'n' mammals

["Grant Harding" <granth@cyberus.ca>]

Chris Brochu wrote:
>Which one?  There are several dozen species of tern today, and not all
>are the same size.

I...don't know.  I really don't know a whole lot about living dinosaurs, and
none of the books I have list a mass for *any* tern species.  Which one is
closest in size to _Ichthy._ and _Apat._, or that (apparently eagle-sized)
*supposed* _Apat._ from the Dino Park Fm.?  Anybody?

-Grant

(BTW, I've just updated my web site and added an essay on feathered
non-ornithothoracean dinosaurs.  See link below.)

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Grant Harding
High school student/amateur paleontologist
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acetabulum. In point of fact, a rather ordinary theropod..." -from
Crichton's _The Lost World_