Re: T.rex boots

[jrhutch@socrates.berkeley.edu (John R. Hutchinson)]

>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.

This is true. I was just out studying MOR 555, and did some very rough
measurements for comparison's sake: femur c. 1.27 m long, tibia c. 1.10 m
long, pubic boot c. 1.20 m long (ant-post). Yep, they're big all right.

                       --John R. Hutchinson