Re: giganotosaurus

[ldunn@milbank.com]

     Bob and Tess wrote:
     
     <Of course, none of the actual bones may leave Patagonia, this 
     skeleton is entirely cast material, but since they have found nearly 
     80% of this individual and Dr. Coria supervised the sculpted bits, it 
     is reliable as these things go.>  
     
     Is that necessarily true as to reliability?  I've heard that the 
     reconstructed skull of Giganotosaurus is pretty inaccurate in size 
     (much too big) and the teeth are way oversize in the reconstruction 
     (the actual teeth are supposedly smaller and thinner than your 
     average-sized tyrannosaurid).  Coria has supposedly conceded that the 
     reconstructed skull "represents an unusually large specimen" (or 
     something like that).
     
     Am I whistling Dixe here or do I recall correctly?  Someone please     
     set me straight on the big fat Allosaur.
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