tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post8941309223393136241..comments2024-03-26T18:57:05.676-06:00Comments on The Coastal Paleontologist: A Cretaceous crabeater seal from New Jersey? The mystery of Lobodon vetusRobert Boesseneckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-51857089106368129102017-04-22T20:19:41.938-06:002017-04-22T20:19:41.938-06:00Enlightening thoughts Bobbie-makes me want to re-v...Enlightening thoughts Bobbie-makes me want to re-visit the issue of crab-eaters. pat younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834780917746210988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-74196557535731720572017-04-06T18:16:11.607-06:002017-04-06T18:16:11.607-06:00The specimen's whereabouts are unknown, and as...The specimen's whereabouts are unknown, and as I wrote in the post, Leidy never actually saw it in person. Leidy would have immediately known a fossil from a modern specimen.Robert Boesseneckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-12633282589419600002017-04-03T09:28:38.262-06:002017-04-03T09:28:38.262-06:00Whether it's a modern tooth should be easy to ...Whether it's a modern tooth should be easy to check. At worst, find out if there's any C-14 left in it.<br /><br />Why <i>Lobodon carcinophaga</i> and not <i>L. carcinophagus</i> (as in your second figure)? Do people somehow insist on treating the species name as a noun in apposition?David Marjanovićnoreply@blogger.com