Re: Mesozoic - the heyday of life?

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-13 22:42:45 EDT, jwoolf@erinet.com (Jonathon Woolf)
writes:

> No, I wouldn't call
>  _Vulcanodon_ very big [6.5m].  Certainly not next to mammoths, or
>  _Indricotherium_, or even its own later cousins like _Apatosaurus_ and
>  _Diplodocus_.  And next to _Brachiosaurus_, _Vulcanodon_ was a gnat.    

Point taken; however let us not forget _Barapasaurus_ and _Cetiosaurus_, from
the Early and Middle Jurassic, respectively, and measuring on the order of
18m (60 ft) each!

NP