RE: Looking for help from someone stemming from Spinosaurus

["M Sakamoto, Earth Sciences" <M.Sakamoto@bristol.ac.uk>]

Here are a couple of papers that may be of interest to you if you haven't 
come across them yet:


Dal Sasso, C.; Maganuco, S.; Buffetaut, E. & Mendez, M. A. 2005. New 
information on the skull of the enigmatic theropod Spinosaurus, with 
remarks on its size and affinities Journal Of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25: 
888-896.
	- There is a recent skull reconstruction of _S. aegyptiacus_ based largely 
on a then new specimen.


Rauhut, O. W. M. 2003. The interrelationships and evolution of basal 
theropod dinosaurs Interrelationships and Evolution of Basal Theropod 
Dinosaurs. Special Papers in Palaeontology. 69: 3-213.
	- There is a composite skull reconstruction of a "generalised 
baryonychid", basing much of the postorbital elements on _Irritator_.


Rayfield, E. J.; Milner, A. C.; Xuan, V. B. & Young, P. G. 2007. Functional 
morphology of spinosaur 'crocodile-mimic' dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate 
Paleontology. 27: 892-901
	- This one looks at structural strengths using finite element analyses on 
a Baryonyx snout.  The authors Emily Rayfield and Angela Milner have, I 
think, worked on a spinosaur snout as well, so you may want to get in touch 
with them.


Regards,
Manabu Sakamoto

> List,
> I'm once again asking for assistance.  I'm looking for any information I
> can about the reconstructions(modern) of S. aegypticus, the skull,
> proposed strength of the skull(in regards to prey), size, as well as any
> other information someone might have.  I'm really looking to bounce some
> of these questions off of someone who has worked fairly extensively with
> either Spino, or other Spinosaurids(Baryonyx, Irritator, Suchomimus).
> This is a little more off the wall than a normal paper request, but I
> figured I'd give it a try.
> Thanks List!
> Josh Wennes

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M. Sakamoto, PhD
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Bristol,
Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road,
Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
M.Sakamoto@bristol.ac.uk