Re: Fossil Records Show Biodiversity Comes and Goes

From: George (george_at_wtfiswrongwithyou.com)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:41:03 GMT

"John Harshman" <jharshman.diespamdie@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> George wrote:
>
>> "John Harshman" <jharshman.diespamdie@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:Bz8_d.23891$OU1.22412@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>>
>>>albaradru wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>All of those would be rockin. I want to know as much as possible.
>>>>~albaradru
>>>>
>>>
>>>I don't know about you, but that single sentence is all I can see. I
>>>have to open another window if I want to have any idea what you're
>>>responding to, and what you mean by "all of those". That's why quoting
>>>is a good thing.
>>>
>>>For books, you might want to invest in a copy of The Dinosauria. I also
>>>like The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs. I imagine both could
>>>be found on Amazon. A short, pretty reasonable paper is Sereno, P. C.
>>>1999. The evolution of dinosaurs. Science 284:2137-2147.
>>>
>>>On the web, try the Dinosauricon.
>>>
>>>And as for information, you will have to be more specific.
>>
>>
>> I would also highly recommend reading anything and everything by John Ostrum.
>> He
>> is truly a giant among paleontologists who study dinosaurs. Nice guy, too.
>
> Spelling flame, in this case relevant because you need the proper
> spelling for a search: it's Ostrom.

I may be crusty 46 year old, but I'm not anal. Ok, I've been corrected. He is a
nice guy, though. I've met him on several occasions and was very impressed with
him.