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Re: Nocturnal giant dinosaurs and complex archosaur social behavior
- To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Nocturnal giant dinosaurs and complex archosaur social behavior
- From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Date: Sat, 04 May 2013 15:38:14 +0200
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This went just to me, but is clearly meant for the list.
On 03.05.2013 18:02, Violet Stamper wrote:
Speaking of nocturnal adaptations, I've been thinking that
> non-mammalian synapsids may have developed enthothermy as a response
> to being nocturnal. Does any one have any research on whether or not
> we can tell an animal was nocturnal by the skeleton?
Hardly. Eye size is an indicator, but it's not unambiguous (except in
extreme cases).