Re: Acrocanthosaurus question

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It's not obvious that anyone is "wrong".  There is more than one 
specimen, and there appear to have different neural spine heights.  We 
know far too little at this point to deduce whethere they are 
interspecific differences, secondary sexual characteristics, 
ontogenetic, etc.

Scott Hartman
Science Director
Wyoming Dinosaur Center
110 Carter Ranch Rd.
Thermopolis, WY 82443
(800) 455-3466 ext. 230
Cell: (307) 921-8333

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-----Original Message-----
From: brucewoollatt@hotmail.com
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Sent: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Acrocanthosaurus question

Hi all;Â
Â
It seems that most skeletal reconstructions of Acrocanthosaurus showÂ
neural spines much taller than those in the skeleton illustrated inÂ
Currie and Carpenter's paper. Who's right?Â
Â
BruceÂ


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