Re: largest dinosaur

["Claudio Angelo" <cmonteiro@folhasp.com.br>]

I've heard that Giuseppe Leonardi has identified sauropod tracks of 1,5 m
across in northeastern Brazil. He says the tracks are in a poor state of
preservation, but good enough for measuring.




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De: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Para: dinosaur@usc.edu <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Data: Quarta-feira, 31 de Outubro de 2001 17:25
Assunto: Re: largest dinosaur


>Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Regarding trackways--somewhere on this list, or maybe elsewhere, I've
seen
>> reports of huge sauropod tracks from Australia that are supposed to be a
>> couple of meters across. This would represent an animal in the size range
of
>> Amphicoelias fragillimus described above. Anyone know any more about
these
>> tracks?
>
>See: http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/watracks.htm
>
>Most of these are under-tracks, so they may not accurately represent the
>actual size of the pes, however they were still pretty big (up to 1.7
>metres). There are also some ornithopod tracks (about 80 cm), which
>would indicate some fairly large animals (especially given the "stumpy"
>nature of large ornithopod feet).
>
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