tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post7526005160717941026..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Tiny TheropodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-16136474356296230982010-07-20T11:47:21.002-04:002010-07-20T11:47:21.002-04:00I've never seen one at rest before! It actual...I've never seen one at rest before! It actually looks like a bird - they seem so insect-like when they are buzzing around.<br /><br />The Tiny Theropod had quite a journey. First, the sauropods dominate the treetops and thus there is an opening for plants at ground level, if they can spread over a wide area without relying on height and wind. So flowering plants evolve. And eventually a former theropod looking to take advantage of the new food source evolves into the highly specialized flower feeder we see today.<br /><br />I remember from Horner's classic book that toxicology was formerly postulated as a cause of dino extinction. "Dino fossils are found in contorted poses, as if they died horribly, possibly posioned by the flowers!". Seems like a straw-man argument, given what we know about the mummification/fossilization process, but people were grasping at straws to try and understand where all the dinos went? If only they had just looked at their bird feeder the answer was right in front of them!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335703640087079534noreply@blogger.com