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Re: thanks for tracks & a question



Thoughtful question (below), but I would be surprised to learn that Sauropod slimness eliminates the possibility of a "digestive vat".  Could we have an opinion from any Sauropod expert(s) lurking out there?
 
Ray Stanford
 
P.S.:

 
I (R.S.)had earlier said: "Perhaps anyone using Sauropod models in volumetric displacement studies to facilitate calculations of body weight, had better use the newest
slim-bodied versions, to avoid seriously over-estimating Sauropod tonnage."

"Philodor 11" wondered:  "From Heresies, I thought a wide body went with gastroliths in indicating a digestive strategy?  Does a thinner sauropod contradict the idea of a
digestive vat?"