RE: Dwarf quadruped dinosaurs

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Sebastian Apesteguia wrote:

> OK, my first attempt was to write 'no larger than elephant size', but 
> watching the collections of the Lillo Institute, La Plata and Cinco Saltos 
> materials you would easily realize that most saltasaurines, and especially 
> Neuquensaurus, had humerii lenght ranging from 45 to 60 cm, and femora 
> close to 1 m in length. Do you want them to reach 10 m? So add them a long 
> tail and neck, but their bodies and their mass are between a horse and an 
> elephant, no more. Actually even with tail and neck they probably not 
> exceded 6 m. Believe me, thay are really small.

Very interesting.  I wonder if there is a connection between small body size 
(< 10m, including neck+tail) and the presence of body armor?

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