Re: (Fwd) Large Dino Growth

[Skip Dahlgren <SDAHLGREN@liblan.uams.edu>]

On Wed, 17 May 1995 12:21:07, Stan Friesen wrote:


> At least along permanent water courses, the trees present along with
> the sauropods may have been ancient relatives of modern trees like
> redwoods and douglas fir. These can grow "very" large (douglas fir
> can grow to a size only slightly smaller than a redwood).  Such
> forest giants are much harder to plow over.  (However, the Morrison
> climate was so arid, I doubt such large trees were very common,
> really).
> 

This last makes me wonder - just what vegetation was there in sufficient 
abundance to feed the Morrison denizens, given such an arid climate?  They 
certainly were able to find food, but away from the river banks, what could 
grow in sufficient abundance and replenish itself sufficiently rapidly to 
support a sizeable population of veggiesauruses?  :)


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