RE: Spinosaurus countdown begins...

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

September 11, 2014. The day online dinosaur fandom exploded.

The day there were many, many tears on Carnivora Forum.

:-).

T-minus 2 h 15 min and counting.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Email: tholtz@umd.edu   Phone: 301-405-4084
Office: Centreville 1216                        
Senior Lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology
Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/
Fax: 301-314-9661               

Faculty Director, Science & Global Change Program, College Park Scholars
http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc
Fax: 301-314-9843

Mailing Address:        Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                        Department of Geology
                        Building 237, Room 1117
                        University of Maryland
                        College Park, MD 20742 USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] On Behalf Of Ben 
> Creisler
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:39 AM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Spinosaurus countdown begins...
> 
> Ben Creisler
> bcreisler@gmail.com
> 
> S hour is approaching today for the new description of Spinosaurus.
> Some international news sources have jumped the embargo....anticipate new 
> body proportions (already hinted by thumbnail photo
> on National Geographic website)....