RE: More tyrant Q & A's

["Stewart, Dwight" <Dwight.Stewart@VLSI.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berislav Krzic [SMTP:veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 1:55 PM
> To:   dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject:      Re: More tyrant Q & A's
> 
> Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
> wrote:
> <However, is there experimental proof suggesting that 20% is
> necessary and sufficient?  >
> 
> <Not that I am arguing that Stan and Sue are different taxa: I think the
> case
> that they are two individuals of the same species (_T. rex_) is very
> strong.>
> 
> I second that opinion.
> 
> What about subspecies? Some recent big mammal subspecies vary
> significantly
> in size (Loxodonta). Even the members of the same species can vary in size
> quite a lot. Mammuthus primigenius averaged in height 3,5 meters, though
> individuals over 4 meters are not rare (some fragmentary fossils indicate
> mammoths over 5 meters height!).
> 
> 
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        [Stewart, Dwight]  ###############################

        For that matter, ALL modern humans are one species: Homo Sapien & we
vary in height by   
        0  .5 meters & sometimes more.  Variation in Homo Sapien mass is
very large (no: this isn't
        a fat joke!).  I assume there's no evidence to suggest this, but - I
was wondering if the
        2 dinosaur sexes might have divergent growth rates as many extant
animals do?  I believe
        this is true of crocodiles.

        Dwight