Re: paleoart idea!

[chris brochu <cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org>]

Sauropods have never been found in any of the Late Cretaceous units of
the northwestern part of North America - hence, Albertosaurus,
Daspletosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus would likely never have seen a
sauropod.  

But, there are a few units out there that have both tyrannosaurids and
sauropods.  This includes the units that produce Tarbosaurus (which some
regard as a form of Tyrannosaurus) and the Javelina Formation in Texas,
which has both sauropods and a derived (if fragmentarily-known)
tyrannosaurid regarded by some as T. rex.  I don't recall if the
"middle" Cretaceous units in North America have both - I'll have to look
it up later.


chris




RAY STANFORD wrote:
> 
> There's one big problem, Caleb, if you want reality.  I suspect one would
> see no Sauropods in the time and paleo-environment of T.  rex.
> 
> Ray Stanford
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caleb Lewis <terminator2029@usa.net>
> To: Dino List <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 12:42 PM
> Subject: paleoart idea!
> 
> Hey, all you paleoartists out there:
> 
>       Here's an idea that I just thought up:
> 
> There's a T.Rex hiding in some trees at the outskirts of the forest, and his
> camoflouge helps him to stay invisisble. Meanwhile, a group of sauropods
> come
> up and start browsing, totally unaware of the danger. Then, with the
> sauropods' necks nicely exposed to him, the t. rex lunges out for an easy
> kill. Now, you can paint whatever part of this story that you want, the
> iminent danger, or the lunging, but don't ya all think it would be a neat
> painting?
> 
>                                          Caleb
> 
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