Re: sauroposeidon

[Matt Wedel <sauropod@ou.edu>]

anton.eissens@philips.com wrote:

> does anyone have some more info on Sauroposeidon, read something
about, it's
> supposed top be the largest sauropod yet discovered!! 60tons and 60
feet tall or
> something.
> if anyone knows, please let me know.

The paper formally describing Sauroposeidon will be in the March JVP (at
last!).  Unless the page number got changed since the proofs came, the
ref will be:

Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K.  2000.  Sauroposeidon
proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma.  Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):103-108.

For additional information, see the current issue (#40) of Prehistoric
Times.  Natural History is also doing an article, which may or may not
be in the March issue.  You can also find info at the OMNH website:

http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/mediarelations/110399/

I'd stick around to chat, but my paleoecology class starts in a couple
minutes, so I gotta cruise.

Cheers,

Matt Wedel
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua Ave.
Norman, OK 73072
sauropod@ou.edu