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

[Darryl <dinoguy@interlog.com>]

At 08:23 AM 27/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
>
I thought the pelvis was one of the things found with this specimen.  I was
under the impression that all of the parts not found with the skeleton were
cast after the AMNH skeleton.  Is it possible that the pubes are restored
from poorly preserved material?  Made up to match other tyrannosaurs?  The
other RTMP skeleton has enormous pubic bones, just like every other specimen
that I have seen.  Is it possible that this specimen simply had small pubes
(the poor guy)?

Darryl

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