Re: Gallery and Commentary for Copenhagen Mamenchisaurus

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:41:55 -0400
> From: Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>
> 
> > What's more, I am told that at two different conferences (an SVP
> > in the USA and an SVPCA in the UK), Stevens presented unpublished
> > results in which the DinoMorph software seems also to show a
> > horizontal neutral posture for _Brachiosaurus_.
> 
> Horizontal with respect to the ground, or horizontal as in in line
> with the thoracic vertebrae (which, under the traditional
> reconstruction, would still mean sloping upward with respect to the
> ground)?

Thank you, good point.  Yes, what the diagram appears to show is that
the neck is preserved straight and in line with the dorsals.  So
you're right, that does indicate a (mildly) elevated head.

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