Re: [Fwd: Re: JP T-rex (was MY $.02)]

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

Sean C. writes:

>Matt the only things I'd call indisputable where( in JP1 at )the
>arms.They had the wrong proportions.The pubic boot isn't pronounced but
>I have seen examples of a small "boot" in rex.Namely the RTM mount.I
>haven't gone to the trouble of counting teeth but they look right to
>me.

The pubic boots of the RTMP mounts bother me.  Where known from skeletal
material, tyrannosaurid pubic boots are HUGE (about as long as the femur).
I've often wondered why the Tyrrell mounts lack them: must ask when I go up
there.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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