Re: *Giganotosaurus* running 50 km/h

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

Whoa, I've got to cut in here...

> Jack Horner seems to be on a loosing streak (heck, when was the last >time 
> he got something correct, the 70's)?

Although I don't agree with his _T. rex_ scavenging hypothesis, I certainly 
wouldn't go so far as to say he hasn't done anything right since the 70's (I 
take it you were perhaps exaggerating, there).  I mean, look at the recent 
great work he's done on hadrosaurid behaviour and the rest of his work on 
the Two Medicine Formation (some of which includes the discovery of some 
great ceratopians!).  I think before you start criticizing him based on this 
one work that you've read, you should have a look at his other publications.

> When you try to make phenomenal change as the greats- Bakker, Ostrom, 
> >Soreno, have done compatibly, you need to get ALL your facts strait.

First, while we're in the mood of getting facts straight, it's "Sereno," not 
"Soreno."  Secondly, since when is Bakker known for getting his facts 
straight?

> What Horner (and that idiot from North Carolina university) have done >is 
> to make up these hypothesis, and then to throw the hard data out >the 
> window!

They're probably not the first ones.  And I really resent your calling >any< 
respected paleontologist an "idiot."  I'm sure I don't have to repeat this, 
but if you're planning on going anywhere in the field of paleo, the last 
thing you want to do is burn your bridges by calling somebody names over 
such a trivial matter.

> It's appalling that scientists can still do this in this modern age of
> scientific discovery.

Again, I'm sure they're not the first, or the last.

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/

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