Re: Lost World

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Actually, I think it's interesting how sauropods reconstructions seem to
be coming full circle. Some of the oldest skeletal mounts of diplodicids
had the neck in the low-slung position, with the head close to the
ground. It has since come down from the trees and returned to that
position.

Sauropods were also thought to be dependent on water. Then they were
dry-land animals that avoided wet areas at any cost. Now we get the
likes of Paralititan, which seemed to live in a tidal environment. Also,
the Broome trackways in Western Australia tend to show more sauropod
prints in lagoonal settings. I've even read in modern sources that
sauropods may have rested in shallow (at least, for them) water. From a
PDF file by the Queensland Museum dated October 2000:

"... although Rhoetosaurus lived in a tropical climate and, like
the hippopotamus today, may have slept in water for safety and
coolness during hot weather, plenty of tracks have been found that
show herds of sauropods walking on dry land."


> Aspidel wrote:
> 
> I've just seen the film "The Lost World" on the Belgian television
> chain. Just adventure and imagination, no more.
> Something funny at the end: did someone notice the accurate mounted
> diplodocid skeleton in the museum instead of a ' 30s "Brontosaurus"?
> Anachronism in the script...
> 


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Dann Pigdon                   Australian Dinosaurs:
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