RE: The continued publication of trash

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Christopher Taylor wrote:

> I took a look at the sample pages available from
> http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,0,5-0-22-35184769-0,0.html
> and found myself in something of a strange time-warp.
[snip]
> As for the figures - _Teratosaurus_ is used as one of the exemplars of a
> carnivorous dinosaur [especially funny as the paragraph on prosauropods a
> couple of pages earlier included a section on the re-identification of the
> 'carnivorous prosaropods'].

Even funnier is the accompanying figure (Fig. 85a-c) "Carnivorous dinosaur 
heads", showing the heads of _Teratosaurus_, _Allosaurus_ and 
_Tyrannosaurus_.  They all look like sock puppets!

> _Iguanodon_ has an entirely upright posture.

Don't you just love that "Fonzi" posture.  Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

My favorite drawing is the anorexic _Massospondylus_.

LOL!