Re: Copenhagen Mamenchisaurus

[Octávio Mateus <omateus@dinocasts.com>]

I can say the original specimen of the Mamenchisaurus at Copenhagen, but
Niels Bonde, from Copenhagen, told me that the cast is a Mamenchisaurus with
a Diplodocus skull.

The similar cast of the Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis can be seen at
http://www.dinocasts.com/productDetails.asp?productId=119 at Dinocasts.com
website.

       Octávio Mateus

www.dinodata.net/lusodinos


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Taylor" <mike@indexdata.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:54 PM
Subject: Copenhagen Mamenchisaurus


> On a recent trip to Copenhagen, I was able to visit the Geological
> Museum, where there is an extremely impressive mounted
> _Mamenchisaurus_ cast in the car-park.  The signage didn't have much
> to say, though, so I don't know exactly what it's a cast _of_.
> Various lines of reasoning suggest that it might be the type of
> _hochuanensis_ -- can anyone confirm or deny this?  And does anyone
> know what paper, if any, figures the original material?  A PDF of that
> paper would be awesome if anyone happens to have one.
>
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