Re: Re: Egg Meanderings

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

Lee J. McLean writes (quoting Tony Canning):

>> I didn't understand this either - if there is evidence of
>> live-bearing sauropods, could somebody explain please?
>
> The reason for this is the improbability of something small enough
> to come out of an egg being able to grow up to be something being
> large enough to be a sauropod within its own lifetime. The larger
> offspring that live-bearing would be able to produce would make this
> less problematic.

Nevertheless, embryonic sauropods of (probably) a size which could fit
in Lametan-sized eggs are known from the fossil record (e.g., the
embryo Camarasaurus in Dino Eggs & Babies).  So, mighty Bakker has
struck out, in at least this case.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
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