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Re: Fast Growing Dinos

To: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Subject: Re: Fast Growing Dinos
From: Dino Guy and Computer Gal <gbabcock@best.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:59:05 -0700
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
References: <47.e8401ec.2892ce94@aol.com>
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Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> Here's an amusing quote from that story; emphasis mine:
>
> "In Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, paleontologists estimate that
> the giant >>apatosaurus, formally known as brontosaurus<<, put on more than
> 30 pounds a day at the height of its adolescent growth spurt."

Could it be that this was supposed to read: "_Apatosaurus_, formerly known as
_Brontosaurus_"?

-- Ralph W. Miller III   ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu

Accidents will happen.

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