Re: Assorted subjects

["Matthew Troutman" <m_troutman@hotmail.com>]

>Matthew Troutman wrote, "They all have hollow bones and air-sacs like 
birds
>so they were light like birds. This information is never given or 
really
>considered in weight estimations."
>
>Wrong. Not all dinosaurs had hollow bones. Hadrosaur femurs are solid, 
when
>preserved well. Triceratops bones were solid, as were Anklyosaurs. A 
light
>Nodosaur would make the armor useless. A Tyrannosaurus rex could just 
flip
>one over and have lunch.
>
 I completely agree. I was refering though to theropods which all have 
air-sacs and hollow bones. Ancestorally in theTheropoda all bones are 
hollow even the finger bones. 
 WMattTroutman

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