Perhaps I was being too subtle
My point was that back in the 1800s they thought Iguanodon looked like that picture (a giant lumbering iguana) because the tooth looked like a big iguana tooth and that's all they had from the "world around them" to go by.
More complete evidence has since revealed that the probably looked more like this:
[image|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Iguanodon.jpg||||]
Also, other leading theories as to the purpose of Pterosaur crests are that the were used to regulate body temperature, for aerodynamics, or a combination of all three.
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Chris Altmann
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altmann
July 30, 2006, 02:31:58 AM EDT
Re: Dino, get in here!
My point was that back in the 1800s they thought Iguanodon looked like that picture (a giant lumbering iguana) because the tooth looked like a big iguana tooth and that's all they had from the "world around them" to go by.
More complete evidence has since revealed that the probably looked more like this:
[image|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Iguanodon.jpg||||]
Also, other leading theories as to the purpose of Pterosaur crests are that the were used to regulate body temperature, for aerodynamics, or a combination of all three.
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Chris Altmann
