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Re: Errata -Allosaurus
In a message dated 95-09-25 03:12:29 EDT, bervoets@nrc.nl (Fred Bervoets)
writes:
>George wrote:
>
>Sorry: two meters tall is a fairly LARGE theropod, about medium-size for an
>_Allosaurus_.
>
>Medium? As far as i know Allosaurus could become 39 ft / 12 m long.
>So an medium sized would be 6 m long and not two.
>
>
Two meters TALL gives an _Allosaurus_ in the range of 6-7 meters LONG. I
think it's the difference between tall and long that confused Crichton in the
first place.