Comments on: The Most Exciting (and Frustrating) Stories From This Year in Dinosaurs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/the-most-exciting-and-frustrating-stories-from-this-year-in-dinosaurs/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Teresa White http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/the-most-exciting-and-frustrating-stories-from-this-year-in-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-7350 Teresa White Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:13:14 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=9056#comment-7350 The start of my work day with a morning coffee and Brian's wonderful writing will never be the same. Dinosaur Tracking has been my go-to site for the past 4 years and this amateur appreciates every one of the fascinating pieces of information that I've read over the past years. Good luck and keep writing! The start of my work day with a morning coffee and Brian’s wonderful writing will never be the same. Dinosaur Tracking has been my go-to site for the past 4 years and this amateur appreciates every one of the fascinating pieces of information that I’ve read over the past years. Good luck and keep writing!

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Not necessarily. To quote Martyniuk ( http://albertonykus.deviantart.com/journal/Otto-312279124 ), “Well, at the very least all of Orionides. But Cau found this as a basal coelurosaur, and his analysis included more coelurosaur species, so I’d tend to put more stock in that one.”

BTW, looking forward to the new Laelaps.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/the-most-exciting-and-frustrating-stories-from-this-year-in-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-7345 Kevin Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:09:51 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=9056#comment-7345 What!? Well, best of luck in your new gig. This is one of my favorite blogs, I hope it continues in some form! Love today's writeup. What!? Well, best of luck in your new gig.

This is one of my favorite blogs, I hope it continues in some form!

Love today’s writeup.

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