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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t buy it. There are skeletons of juvenile Triceratops. Perhaps Torosaurus is a variation, but I can’t see it as a more mature form of the already huge Triceratops. More likely, this is a case of divergence, as with the Indian and African Elephant.

They do make a good case for the holes in the frill, stating that the bone type for the frill is of a kind that can and does change shape over time, and can both grow and shrink. However, There are far too many examples of both animals to conclusively lump them together.

Granted, I’m not a paleontologist, so I don’t have all the science the way Horner does, but this may be a case of being unable to see the forest because of all the trees in the way.


41 posted on 11/09/2010 10:12:57 PM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: Little Pig

Yep...thanks for ruining my childhood...freepers...tri-c was my favorite...now what I’m going to tell my 4 year old nephew who loved trc-c too?


42 posted on 11/09/2010 10:30:54 PM PST by gman992
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To: Little Pig

Ya gotta admit, it’s amusing that the scientist’s name is “Horner”.


62 posted on 11/10/2010 3:24:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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