Fossil Wiki:List of quotes


 * "Fossilized brains are unusual, and this is by far the oldest known example."

- John Maisey, Curator in the Division of Paleontology at the AMNH.


 * "The head was as long or longer than that of a fully grown grizzly bear, and the jaws were deeper in proportion to their length. The muzzle was shorter and deeper than that of a bull-dog. The teeth were all sharp cylindric fangs, smooth and glistening, and of irregular size. At certain distance in each jaw they projected three inches above the gum, and were sunk one inch into the jaw margin, being thus as long as the fangs of a tiger, but more slender. Two such fangs crossed each other on each side of the middle of the front. Besides the smaller fishes, the reptiles no doubt supplied the demands of his appetite."

- E.D. Cope describing the head and jaws of the giant prehistoric fish Xiphactinus.


 * "I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS."

- Robert T. Bakker