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Waylon Rowley
wrote:
In Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (yes I finally bought it!) Glut writes the Erectopus tooth "has a basal diameter of 20 centimeters (more than 7.75 inches). (This material establishes the occurrence of large theropods in Portugal during the earliest Cretaceous.)" That's a damn big typo if it is one. Frankly, I don't know what to make of it. It would be very interesting if someone could confirm these measurements. I've never heard of such a gigantic tooth. Maybe they're measuring the length of the tooth?
There is no such big tooth in Portugal. The tooth has a basal diameter of
20 mm and not 20cm!! as it says in the description by Sauvage (1898: 32) and
Lapparent and Zbyszewski (1957: 27)
Octávio Mateus
GEAL- Museu da Lourinhã Rua João Luis de Moura 2530-157- Lourinhã, PORTUGAL Tel: (+351) 261 413 995 (Museu) Email: omateus@mail.telepac.pt www.dinodata.net/lusodinos |