Re: Cetiosaurus question

["Alessandro Marisa" <amaris@tin.it>]

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From: "Øyvind M. Padron" <gorgosaur@hotmail.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: Cetiosaurus question


> There is a Cetiosaurus reconstruction in Czerkas' "Dinosaurs, a global
> view". The reconstruction is modified from Monbaron, 1983.
> I think at least the pelvis looks rather titanosaurian..
> Can someone tell me what species it is, and how accurate it really is?

I don't know how accurate is the reconstruction, but I can tell you that
much probably it's
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis Lapparent 1955
Guettions Sandstone, Beni Mellal, Morocco (late Bathonian)
known from a skeleton with skull and six further partial skeleton
Cetiosaurus mogrebiensis is characterized by its relatively long and slender
forelimb (humerus/femur ratio = 0.97) compared to Cetiosaurus oxionensis,
the bones of the forelimbs are considerably shorter (humerus/radius ratio =
0.62 vs. 0.75 in Cetiosaurus oxionensis), and the scapula is heavy with a
ventral end more expanded than that of Cetiosaurus oxionensis.

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