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Re: [paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontology] dinosaur skeletal anatomy

To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>, <paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontology@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontology] dinosaur skeletal anatomy
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:28:18 +0100
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> Quick correction: Ma is for date (million years ago); Myr is for duration
> (millions of years).

Oh, need not be. a is for year (annum), and one can put M (mega-) in front.

> Also, quite frankly, the 2-4 Myr range is for
> MAMMALIAN species, not bird species.

I was off the top of my head relying on The Dinosaur Heresies. :-) In that
case that were "genera", though.

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