[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: Oxygen level in Mesozoic - LONG

Isn't 35% about the fraction at which spontaneous combustion of the
biosphere would be expected?
Jim

Allan Edels wrote:

> "    Hengst and others (1993, 1996) demonstrated that a large long
> necked sauropod such as the Tithonian _Apatosaurus_ required an oxygen
> content
> in the atmosphere of about 35% to function at any level above a very slow
> walk, slower than the rates deducted from trackways.