I was so bored that I felt I had to do something. I believe this is not what Raymond had in mind, so I guess he'll kill me. Note: contains a cryptid idea. ... ...
Great! Can be uploaded very soon (after I silently eliminate a few spelling ... Arise -- arose -- arisen; rise. Arouse -- aroused -- aroused; arousal. :-} ... ...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Feb 1, 2009 7:03 pm
21212
... arousal. :-} Yay for sexual refferences! :P ... it ended ... that any ... I believe I stated "possibly", rather than saying that its certain that they were...
... Nope. *M.* sucked at climbing. ... What for? ... If it can't move, there's no point in calling it opposable. Why can't it be more like in bats? ... Well,...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Feb 1, 2009 8:43 pm
21214
... Really? I mean, I knew Rahonavis was terrestrial, but Microraptor? I mean, how could it use the hind wings if it lived on the ground? ... I think feathered...
... Judging by the curvature of its toe claws, it did suck somewhat less at climbing than *Rahonavis*. Still, we don't know if it was possible to fold the...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:03 pm
21216
... My idea actually. Raymond originally had a group of loris-like folivorous prosimians called "slothbabies" and I thought langours was a good pun as well as...
... Very good on the whole. I'm almost certain that Raymond has a different scientific name for the clade however. I'm also mildly let down you didn't play...
... But its a rigid structure. ... and/or much of ... I think it would still retain the join that allows it to "grasp" though, now used to move the propatagium...
... I named it "Aeterotheria" to make a refference to "aeter", which is one of the five elements that greeks believed in. Though I guess Raymond mad a much...
... Oh yeah, in the front of the arm, duh! I should have cracked open one of my books on pterosaur anatomy. BTW, does anyone know if this is where the sifaka...
... That's also what *Ekgmowechashala*, famous as "North America's last primate", belongs to....
David Marjanovic
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Feb 2, 2009 9:46 pm
21226
... I'll restrain the hyeanodonts for now :-) Overall, a good start. I'm not crazy about the idea of new world elphabas...but the essay is better than what...
... Jesus Christ on a Stick David! Do you not read _any_ of my essays?! I will repost the updated Primate essay (shakes head) ... drop both ... elphabas were...
Primates On HE, the earliest primatomorphs aka the "plesiadapiformes" appear shortly after the K/Pa mass extinction event in many seemingly already specialized...
... I think I'll eliminate Hawaiian and Ester Island species. I think the number of species I provided is (60+something) is extremely reduced as well, and at...
... How does that work? I only recognize the "baum" part of the name. ... This depends on how modified how many of their fingers are. After all, unlike birds,...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Feb 3, 2009 12:48 pm
21232
... I propose that the Grassbag should be renamed *Neotitanosaurus dispar* due to the obvious disparity of: - the different colors and size of the two main...
I've read the first one or two screens. The stuff about the p- phenomenon should be an essay of its own that we can put into the "The Science" section -- you...
... Go here for a thorough explanation: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DinosaurMailingList-KilledThreads/message/20972 The gist can be summed in this...
... Oh, so you're against the practice in general. (I remember the quote now.) Well, it's very common nonetheless, and Dan explicitly dedicated the ...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Feb 3, 2009 5:34 pm
21237
... all, ... the ground. ... Plus, only one of the fingers supprts the wing "feathers"; the others are free, and the thumb, while working as a pteroid...
... now.) ... Yes, especially in fiction as there's no obvious reason other than fanboy glee or lampooning. I have nothing against people going to the trouble...
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