Re: Bruhathkayaosaurus

[Mike Taylor <mike@miketaylor.org.uk>]

> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:01:55 -0500
> From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>
> 
> > Is the size or validity of this dinosaur still highly conjectural
> > or has the specimens found been determined to be definitely
> > animillian and from a titanosaur.  If it is considered credible,
> > why isn;t the Bruhathkayaosaurus, recognized as the largest
> > dinosaur?
>
> It is still far from certain it is an animal and not a tree.

For what it's worth, Sankar Chatterjee (personal communication, 2001)
asserts pretty unambigously not only that it is a an animal but
specifically a titanosaurid.  Even admitting that it has not been
meaningfully published, nevertheless I think there's enough material
to make a strong case for it as the biggest known sauropod.  Yadagiri
and Ayyasama 1989 measured the tibia as 2m long, which is pretty
darned absurd.

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