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.

Oops, sorry, that's c. 1.2m long prox-distal (whole pubis); c. 1m long
ant-post (boot). Must finish morning coffee before e-mailing.

                       --John R. Hutchinson