Re: BIG UNQUILLOSAURUS

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-04 21:47:47 EDT, dwn194@soton.ac.uk (Darren Naish)
writes:

> Regarding the size of the _Unquillosaurus_ pubis, George says..
>  
>  > It's about the same size as _Unenlagia_.
>  
>  gave this as 2-3 m or thereabouts. I haven't yet got around to checking
_The
>  Dinosauria_ again, but I did glance at David Lambert's _Collins Guide to
>  Dinosaurs_: he gives _Unquillosaurus_ total length as 11 m! Hardly 

Lambert (_The Dinosaur Data Book_) and Lessem/Glut (the Dinosaur Society
_Dinosaur Encyclopedia_) both give the length of _Unquillosaurus_ at abt. 11
m--suspiciously close for being based on such scrappy material!  The
_Dinosauria_ does not quote a length, either for the pubis or the whole
animal.

Nick Pharris
Olympia, WA