DarkMatter_ opened this issue on Jan 27, 2004 ยท 15 posts
Redfern posted Tue, 27 January 2004 at 2:16 PM
I read my first book around 1980 suggesting "warm blooded" theories. The title was "Archosauria". That volume went considerably further than some of the more accepted theories today. It depicted a T-rex covered not in scales, not in feathers, but fur! It also showed the skull as being filled out with more muscle and fat giving the features a somewhat more mammalian look. It suggested the bone frill of the tri-tops doubled as an anchor point for extended jaw muscles, giving the creature the ability to chew on conifers (pine trees)! I neither condone nor condemn these explanations. I merely state this book theoried the dinosaurs were even more mammal-like than even Bakker has suggested. Hmm, imagine a 'Raptor resembling some mutant, two-legged wolf! Freaky! Sincerely, Bill
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