Re: SAUROPOD QUESTIONS

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

At 11:10 PM 11/5/98 EST, you wrote:
>Two questions. Does anyone know if there has been a paper that discusses A)
>the increase in hours spent each day feeding by large mammalian herbivores,
>with B) the conclusion that sauropods were too big to feed themselves within
>24 hours if they had a mammalian energy budget? 

Colbert addresses some of this in the Ostrom Festschrift:
Colbert, E.H.  1993.  Feeding strategies and metabolism in elephants and
sauropod dinosaurs.  American Journal of Science 293-A: 1-19.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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