(Addendum)Now Ichnology (WAS Semi-Sprawled Sauropods) (Was: WAVP Report)

[Marilyn Wegweiser <mdwegweiser@bsuvc.bsu.edu>]

At 1:32 PM -0700 2/19/01, Richard W Travsky wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Ken Kinman wrote:
> >       Unfortunately, there really are no hard "facts" about posture of
> >  dinosaurs, although some interpretations are perhaps more widely believed
>
> What information can be gleaned from trackways? (I would not think
> it necessary to associate tracks with a specific species, just whether,
> in they case, they are sauropod or not.)

Dear Rich,

And...... to answer your question more directly:
speed, weight, direction, distance to next nearest trackmaker (among 
other things), relative placement of foot, physical impairments...... 
etc.
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