re: "Samson" T.rex skull study

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Bruce Woollatt wrote: "P.S;Wasn't "Stan's" skull found completely 
disarticulated and undistorted? Are its orbits directed forwardly or not?"

Complete, yes.  Undistorted, not by a long shot.  The nasals, for example, most 
closely resembled a boomerang when found.  I seriously doubt that T. rex had 
totally laterally facing orbits, but I look forward to data that says otherwise 
(I sincerely hope it is better than the tragic Sampson presentation at SVP last 
year on giant theropod energetics and biogeography).

Scott Hartman
Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82070

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