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Client Diagnosis of Nate Clevenger LI 813 3 May 2010 Adrienne Clevenger

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Initial Request and Interview In our first interview my client, Nate Clevenger requested information about dinosaurs. I asked him if there was a specific dinosaur that he was interested in and he expressed that he was interested in learning about Ankylosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Brachiosaurus. There is quite a bit that can be said about each species so I asked him what he would specifically like to know about each species. After some though, my researcher requested the following information regarding the above species of dinosaurs: scientific name, adult size/weight, name of person/group who discovered the species as well as location and date of discovery, known era(s), known regions of inhabitance, potential ancestors if known, list of dinosaurs that lived in the same era or regions that they may have interacted with, diet/potential prey, potential enemies, breeding tendencies (gestation, # of offspring, how often they reproduced etc.), and he would also be interested in knowing about any museums that contain fossils and/or a full skeleton display of these dinosaurs. Because Nate did not specify any particular species or subspecies we are going to use the species or subspecies that people are most likely to encounter watching a special on the Discovery Channel. I first searched for this dinosaur through Dialog. I was not a fan of Dialog to begin with and I am still not impressed. It found me around 10 results but then I had to go and see if there was any access to them through the Emporia library website. I had much better success with LexisNexis and the Paleobiology Database. I suspected that I would obtain similar results with the other two dinosaurs and my suspicions were confirmed. The Paleobiology Database contained a fair amount of the information that Nate had requested. Created by paleontologists, I consider the Paleobiology Database to be a very reliable source of information. Other factual information was gleaned from National Geographic and the

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website devoted to the Paleontology television special Walking With Dinosaurs. For the nonrequired information such as the museums that possibly contain fossils I used Wikipedia because this information did not need to be as accurate and a person can never really know if a fossil is on loan to another institution. If the information was not found, that requirement was left blank. Ankylosaurus Why did the Ankylosaurus cross the road? Because the chicken hadnt evolved yet!1

Scientific name: Ankylosaurus magniventris3 Adult size/weight: 25 to 35 feet long4 Name of person/group that discovered this species: Named by B. Brown in 1908.5 Location/date of discovery: Known era(s): Late Maastrichtian or 70.6 to 65.5 Ma Known regions of inhabitance: Alberta, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming.6 Potential ancestors: List of contemporary dinosaurs: Giganotosaurus, Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus Rex7 Diet/potential prey: Herbivore8 Potential enemies: Rows of spikes, bony plates and horns were the best defense Ankylosaurus had against Tyrannosaurus Rex. Predators would have to flip Ankylosaurus over in order to find a weak spot.9
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All terrible jokes are courtesy of a five year old family friend. All photos are courtesy of Google Images 3 The Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl? user=Guest&action=displayHomePage 4 Ankylosaurus magniventris. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/ankylosaurus-magniventris.html 5 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(12):187-201 6 The Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl? user=Guest&action=displayHomePage 7 Ankylosaurus magniventris. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/ankylosaurus-magniventris.html 8 Ibid. 9 Ibid.

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Breeding tendencies: Museums that contain fossils or full skeleton display of this species: Three specimens are in the possession of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.10 Tyrannosaurus Rex What do you get when dinosaurs crash their cars? Tyrannosaurus wrecks!

Scientific name: Tyrannosaurus Rex11 Adult size/weight: 40 feet long, 15-20 feet tall12 Name of person/group that discovered this species: Named by H. F. Osborn in 1905.13 Location/date of discovery: Known era(s): Late Campanian to Late Maastrichtian or 83.5 to 65.5 Ma14 Known regions of inhabitance: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming15 Potential ancestors: List of contemporary dinosaurs: Giganotosaurus, Triceratops, and Ankylosaurus16 Diet/potential prey: Carnivore that also scavenged17 Potential enemies: Gigantosaurus18 Breeding tendencies: Museums that contain fossils or full skeleton display of this species: The Tyrannosaurus Rex named Sue is on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.19
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Wikipedia ankylosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus The Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgi- bin/bridge.pl? user=Guest&action=displayHomePage 12 Tyrannosaurus rex. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tyrannosaurus-rex/ 13 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265 14 The Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgi- bin/bridge.pl? user=Guest&action=displayHomePage 15 Ibid. 16 Tyrannosaurus rex. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tyrannosaurus-rex/ 17 Ibid. 18 Ibid. 19 Wikipedia tyrannosaurus rex. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex

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Brachiosaurus Where did the Brachiosaurus buy things? At the dino-store!

Scientific name: Brachiosaurus brachiosaurus20 Adult size/weight: 25 meters long, 13 meters tall and weighed about 70 tons21 Name of person/group that discovered this species: First described by Elmer Riggs on an incomplete skeleton found at Grand Junction, Colorado in 1900.22 Location/date of discovery: Grand Junction, Colorado in 190023 Known era(s): Early Tithonian or 150.8 to 145.5 Ma24 Known regions of inhabitance: Algeria, Tanzania, Colorado, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Zimbabwe25 Potential ancestors: List of contemporary dinosaurs: Stegosaurus, Dryosaurus and Diplodicus26 Diet/potential prey: Herbivore Potential enemies: Breeding tendencies: Museums that contain fossils or full skeleton display of this species: The original skeleton found in Grand Junction is in the possession of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.27

Follow-Up Interview Adrienne: As weve discussed, dinosaurs are lizards and probably laid eggs. How do you feel about the information we have found?

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Ibid. Walking with dinosaurs- brachiosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/fact_files/scrub/brachiosaurus.htm 22 Ibid. 23 Ibid. 24 Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgi- bin/bridge.pl? user=Guest&action=displayHomePage 25 Ibid. 26 Ibid. 27 Wikipedia brachiosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus

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Nate: I feel that you met my requirements but would have liked to known more contemporaries that lived in the same region as these dinosaurs. Were all of the contemporaries living in the same region?

A: Not all of them. Ive told you about the sources used, how do you feel about their accuracy?

N: The ones that are known I feel pretty confident about, but the ones less know like the breeding habits I know theres only so much you can get. Even sizes are estimated based off of fossil records, so I imagine its pretty accurate based off of the information available to us today.

A: So all in all, how do you feel about the results of your research request?

N: I think they met my expectations. I had requirements and for the most part they were met. If there was something that could be improved I would have more information on the contemporaries. I should have asked for dinosaurs in the same region and era.

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Bibliography Ankylosaurus magniventris. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/ankylosaurusmagniventris.html. 3 May 2010. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(14):259-265 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(12):187-201 The Paleobiology database. (2010). Retrieved from http://paleodb.org/cgibin/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayHomePage. 3 May 2010 Tyrannosaurus rex. (2010). Retrieved from http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/prehistoric/tyrannosaurus-rex/. 3 May 2010 Walking with dinosaurs- brachiosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/fact_files/scrub/brachiosaurus.htm. 3 May 2010. Wikipedia ankylosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus. 3 May 2010. Wikipedia brachiosaurus. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus. 3 May 2010. Wikipedia tyrannosaurus rex. (2010). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex. 3 May 2010