Re: Duckbill necks

["Peter Von Sholly" <vonrex@gte.net>]

So why restore ALL hadrosaurs that way, instead of just whatever ones seem
most likely?  And to reiterate, why put dermal spines on ALL sauropods? 
Some modern iguanas have similar structures and some do not.

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> From: GSP1954@aol.com
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Duckbill necks
> Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 8:59 PM
> 
> The data on the depth of the dorsal neck muscles and nuchal ligaments in
> hadrosaurs is ambiguous at this time, there is no truly well preserved
mummy
> in that region. The deep nuchal ligament hypothesis is a good one,
> illustrating hadrosaurs with either slender or deep necks is viable at
this
> time. Whether or not any given arrangment looks silly or nice is
irrelevant. 
> 
> GSPaul