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Abelisaurus 2 Acanthopholis 1 Achillobator 1 Acrocanthosaurus 19 Adasaurus 2 Afrovenator 2 Alamosaurus 13 Albertosaurus (=Gorgosaurus) 21 Alectrosaurus 1 Alioramus 3 Allosaurus 211 Altispinax 1 Alvarezsaurus 2 Alxasaurus 5 Amargasaurus 7 Amphicoelias 3 Amygdalodon 2 Anatosaurus 5 Anatotitan 7 Anchiceratops 1 Anchisaurus 2 Ankylosaurus 210 Apatosaurus (= Brontosaurus) 353 Aragosaurus 1 Argentinosaurus 6 Arkansaurus 1 Atlascopcosaurus 1 Austrosaurus 1 Avipes 4 Azendohsaurus 1 Bactrosaurus 1 Bambiraptor 4 Bagaceratops 1 Barosaurus 9 Baryonyx 36 Becklespinax 1 Blikanasaurus 1 Brachiosaurus 251 Brachyceratops 1 Byronosaurus 1 Camarasaurus 3 Camptosaurus 4 Carcharodontosaurus 23 Carnotaurus 31 Cedarosaurus 1 Centrosaurus 3 Ceratosaurus 23 Chasmosaurus 11 Charonosaurus 2 Chilantaisaurus 1 Chirostenotes 4 Coelophysis 29 Coelurosaurs 1 Coelurus 2 Compsognathus 82 Corythosaurus 19 Cryolophosaurus 9 Daspletosaurus 3 Deinocherius 6 Deinonychus 180 Deltadromeus 3 Dicraeosaurus 1 Dilophosaurus 64 Diplodocus 133 Dromaeosaurus 8 Dryosaurus 3 Dryptosaurus 8 Duckbills (Hadrosaurs) 30 Edmontonia 1 Edmontosaurus (=Anatosaurus) 8 Edmarka 2 Einiosaurus 1 Elaphrosaurus 3 Eoraptor 8 Epanterias 1 Eubrontes 1 Euhelopus 2 Euoplocephalus 10 Euoparkeria 1 Eustreptospondylus 7 Fabrosaurus 3 Gallimimus 24 Gargoyleosaurus 0 Gasosaurus 2 Gastonia 2 Giganotosaurus 119 Giraffatitan 2 Gorgosaurus 2 Grallator 2 Gryposaurus 5 Hadrosaurus 3 Haplocanthosaurus 1 Herrerasaurus 6 Heterodontosaurus 3 Homalocephale 4 Hylaeosaurus 1 Hypacrosaurus 1 Hypselosaurus 2 Hypsilophodon 11 Iguanodon 75 Indosuchus 1 Irritator 4 Janenschia 1 Jaxartosaurus 1 Jiangjunmiaosaurus 1 Jiangjunmiaosaurus Jobaria 8 Kakuru 2 Kentrosaurus 9 Khaan 1 Koparion 3 Laelaps 13 Lambeosaurus 9 Leallynasaura 13 Leptoceratops 1 Lesothosaurus 2 Liliensternus 2 Long-neck 121 Lufengosaurus 1 Maiasaura 51 Majungatholus 2 Malawisaurus 2 Maleevosaurus 1 Massospondylus 2 Mamenchisaurus 7 Megalosaurus26 Megaraptor 68 Metriacanthosaurus 3 Micropachycephalosaurus 3 Microceratops 2 Microcoelus 1 Micropachycephalosaurus 2 Microraptor 3 Microcrodontosaurus 1 Microvenator 4 Minmi 12 Monoclonius 3 Monolophosaurus = Jiangjunmiaosaurus 3 Montanoceratops 1 Mussaurus 2 Muttaburrasaurus 9 Mymoorapelta 1 Nanosaurus 1 Nanotyrannus 4 Nipponosaurus 1 Noasaurus 1 Nodosaurus 1 Notoceratops 3 Nqwebasaurus 1 Omeisaurus 1 Opisthocoelicaudia 1 Ornithocheirus 2 Ornitholestes 8 Ornithomimus 19 Orodromeus 1 Othnielia 2 Ouranosaurus 11 Oviraptor 26 Ozraptor 2 Pachycephalosaurus 61 Pachyrhinosaurus 26 Palaeoscincus 3 Paralititan 1 Parasaurolophus 125 Parrosaurus 1 Pelecanimimus 2 Pentaceratops 12 Piatnitzkysaurus 1 Plateosaurus 12 Pleurocoelus 1 Podokesaurus 1 Poekilopleuron 1 Polacanthus 5 Polyonyax 1 Procompsognathus 9 Protoavis 2 Protoceratops 39 Psittacosaurus 5 Quaesitosaurus 1 "raptors" (= Dromaeosaurids =Deinonychosaurs) 275 Rhoetosaurus 1 Rileyasuchus 1 Rioarribasaurus 2 Riojasaurus 1 Saltasaurus 6 Saichania3 Saltopus3 Saurolophus4 Saurophaganax1 Saurornitholestes2 Sauropelta2 Sauroposeidon 2 Scelidosaurus2 Scutellosaurus3 Segnosaurus4 Seismosaurus 18 Shunosaurus 4 Sinornithosaurus 16 Spinosaurus 207 Staurikosaurus 3 Stegoceras 3 Stegosaurus 453 Stenonychosaurus 1 Struthiomimus 3 Stygimoloch 6 Styracosaurus 33 Suchomimus 19 Supersaurus 28 Syntarsus4 Szechuanosaurus1 Talirurus 1 Tanius 2 Tarbosaurus 7 Tenontosaurus 1 Therizinosaurus 8 Thescelosaurus 2 Titanosaurus 2 Torosaurus 10 Torvosaurus 1 Trachodon 14 Triceratops 718 Trimucrodon 1 Troödon (=Stenonychosaurus) 72 Tsintaosaurus 2 Tuojiangosaurus 1 Tyrannosaurus rex 5,300 Ultrasauros 33 Unenlagia 2 Utahraptor 208 Variraptor 4 Velociraptor 1022 Vulcanodon 3 Wannanosaurus 1 Wuerhosaurus 3 Xenotarsosaurus 1 Xiaosaurus 2 Yandusaurus 1 Yangchuanosaurus 6 Yaverlandia 1 Zanclodon 4 Zapsalis 2 Zatomus 2 Zephyrosaurus 2 Zigongosaurus 6 Zuniceratops 5

"It looks like he thinks that early on the Ornithischia split into _Lesothosaurus_ and the Genasauria. The Genasauria basically has the Thyreophora as a straight tree which branches off later, and early on the Cerapoda appear to split off. He has the Hypsilophodontidae, which I beleive to be descended from the Fabrosauridae, bundled somewhere deep and cosy in the Ornithpoda. This is the generally accepted view nowadays, isn't it? The cladogram has no mention of the Fabrosauridae."

Yes, well nowadays, the generally accepted view of the Ornithischia:
The main brach is the Genasauria, a node based taxon comprising of the Cerapoda and the Thyreophora, with the Fabrosauridae as an early outgroup. The Thyreophora consists of Scelidosaurus, Scutellosaurus, the Ankylosauria, and the Stegosauria. The Cerapoda is also node based I believe, comprising of the Ornithopoda (called Euornithopoda by Sereno) and the Marginocephalia. The Ornithopoda consists of the Heterodontosauridae, and another group that includes Hypsilophodontidae, Iguanodontia, and Hadrosauridae.
But you probably knew most of this.
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 15, 2002

"What do you mean by 'COOL' stuff?"

I mean big, important scientific discoveries, or exhibitions, or scientific breakthroughs. Ones that we can know about, anyway.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 14, 2002

What it IS here though is windy.

It's windy very often. And if isn't really windy it's a gentle breeze. The only wind you probably get in California is whopping big tornados that rip up your house. A nasty thought. Actually, that's the southeast USA, isn't it?
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 13, 2002

[sigh]
I'm going to be absent again for a couple of days. Hopefully I'll be back before the weekend. Until ten, bye!
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 13, 2002

What do you mean by 'COOL' stuff?
from Gianna, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 13, 2002

"YOU HAVE A PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM.YOUR LUCKY."

Well, actually it's a natural history museum, but it has a big dinosaurs section. And a big "vertebrates" section. So I'm happy. Downside is that it's two and a half' hours drive from here. In good traffic which is by no means guaranteed.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 12, 2002

"My pond probably has the best wildlife for miles around."

Actually I feel a little cruel saying that since there's a little specially unspoilt "wood" about two houses away, and I do sometimes get Middle Spotted Woodpeckers. A downside to the wood is that no-one can ever go there. But I guess that if it was open there would be rubbish everywhere and local hooligans would be starting fires in there, etc. so a big spiky fence around it is a good idea. And there is a big spiky fence around it.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 12, 2002

"I also heard that in Britain it is cloudy almost every day. is that true da masta?"

It is cloudy very often. Not in summer though. Summer is surprisingly very un-English. It's quite warm actually. And sunny. But the springs rain all the time, the autumns rain rain and sometimes slush very often and in winter it snows. Though not much for quite a while though, nowadays it mostly hails. But it isn't anything as grey as people in the USA probably think. In Russian villages you can get like a meter of snow (in Siberia 2 meters) and to go outside you need to get a spade and dig a path to where you want to go. It's fun going on the sledges and skis and things. Here the snow is usually brown goop in a few hours after falling.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 12, 2002

"You do know that I am originally from Russia?*COOL!*"

This is the third time I have mentioned that.

Ah well.

And NZ is very interesting in terms of current wildlife. Far away places always seem better as well. It's OK here just all the really COOL stuff (especially in terms of science. Science in Russia is more of a thing just for scientists, big stuff never gets hyped or anything, unfortunately. And in England nothing BIG ever happens.) seems to happen in the USA nowadays.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 12, 2002

And there's only one decent paleontology museum.

YOU HAVE A PALEONTOLOGY MUSEUM.YOUR LUCKY. THERE ISN'T ONE IN THE WHOLE OF NZ! THE ONLY DINOSAUR SKELITONS I'VE SEEN IN NZ ARE A COUPLE IN THE AUCKLAND MUSEUM AND ONE IN THE WELLINGTON MUSEUM.

It's not bad, and I feel a bit guilty complaining since it isn't as boring as I might have you think, (did you know this is like the only country where policemen never carry guns?)*THEY DON'T HERE EITHER* but I would to be honest rather live a more full and exiting life in the USA.

You do know that I am originally from Russia?*COOL!* It's not as cold as you think, it has the greatest annual temperature range of any country. In summer it's as hot as it is where you are right now.
from Tom G, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 11, 2002

I must say, da masta, the USA is exciting but don't think exciting things happen every day. Some days it is boring, and in California where Joe Bob B., Tim, and I live the weather is sort of unpredictable. Unless you are a weatherman or something. The weather here right now is partly cloudy, today when I went to school it was cloudy but it wasn't cold. i wish itwas summer, because it would be a more cheery day. I also heard that in Britain it is cloudy almost every day. is that true da masta?
from Gianna, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 11, 2002

"So how's it in England, da masta?
from Gianna, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 8, 2002"

England is... well, it's not very different from America apart from in autumn it rains so much that places like Worcester get like 2 meters of water in the houses there. Luckily my house is on a hill.

I don't have to pay for a good education either, pass the 11+ exams and the grammar schools might send you an invitation. I go to King Edward VI Five Ways grammar school, situated next to Bartley Green Resivoir,(Bill Odie wrote a book about the bird life there actually,)
and another, government school, full of people who don't care and don't want to learn anything. THE place to go to college is apparently Oxford or Cambridge, so I want to go there, but you get peppered with exams along your way. The wildlife in the towns is really scanty. My pond probably has the best wildlife for miles around.

And there's only one decent paleontology museum.

It's not bad, and I feel a bit guilty complaining since it isn't as boring as I might have you think, (did you know this is like the only country where policemen never carry guns?) but I would to be honest rather live a more full and exiting life in the USA.

You do know that I am originally from Russia? It's not as cold as you think, it has the greatest annual temperature range of any country. In summer it's as hot as it is where you are right now.

"Coelurosauria because the birds did not go extinct"
Right!
Now try this:
Which dinosaur family is most closely related to the Troodontidae?"

Someone had better hurry up and answer that. Actually, I think you might have made it a bit too easy Tim.

And where is Tom G?
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?; March 11, 2002

Oh darn it, I missed the question! I was going to say b, but I didn't have enough time.

So how's it in England, da masta?
from Gianna, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 8, 2002

"Coelurosauria because the birds did not go extinct"
Right!
Now try this:
Which dinosaur family is most closely related to the Troodontidae?
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 7, 2002

B. Coelurosauria because the birds did not go extinct.
from Tom G, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 6, 2002

Here's one dinosaur trivia question:
What was the only branch of the Dinosauria that DID NOT go exctinct
at the end of the Cretaceous?
A. Carnosauria
B.Coelurosauria
C.Ornithopoda
(This is pretty easy. If you think it's easy, don't answer, and let somebody else try.)
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 6, 2002

"I'm pretty sure that was what Da masta meant, he just abbreviated it."

Absolutely.

Since I use it a lot, the prospect of typeing "By the way..." every time was quite unpleasant, so I just type "BTW..."
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?, ; March 4, 2002

"Da Masta who is BTW?"

Just a very useful abbreviation for "By The Way."
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 3, 2002

"Da Masta who is BTW?"
BTW usually stands for "by the way..."
I'm pretty sure that was what Da masta meant, he just abbreviated it.
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 3, 2002

Da Masta who is BTW?
from Tom G, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 2, 2002

The post yesterday was MINE, JC, I just don't put the "@hotmail.com" part to make it easier!!! If that's not OK just tell me and I'll do it the way I did it now.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?, ; March 2, 2002
Yes, that's fine and will avoid imitators. JC

"Wow! Adasaurus has the same last name as velociraptor!"
So does Saurornithoides and other dinosaurs!
from Tim M., age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 1, 2002

""It's a bit crumpled right now though when I brought it home from school so my numerous dinosaur books are flattening it right now!"

Yeah same for me. I'm currently reading
about 150 lbs worth of books!"

I must have more books than any other kid in this country. They take up carpet level to top of the ceiling and half of one of the longer walls in my rather generous-sized bedroom.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 1, 2002

"Wow! Adasaurus has the same last name as velociraptor!"

So does one species of Oviraptor. In fact that's quite common Giannna. And not just in Dinosaurs. No examples come to mind right now, but Walkeri, Armatus, Browneyi, and Gracilis are all popular species names.
from da masta, age ?, ?, ?, ?; March 1, 2002

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