Re: sauropod rearing

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 GSP1954@aol.com wrote:
> [...]
> I was asked by a list member to summarize the argument for rearing sauropods.
> How can I refuse? This is based in part on my 1998 Modern Geology 23: 179
> paper which I'm sure you are all familiar with, as well as some SVP abstracts.
> [...]
> All sauropods are better adapted for rearing than elephants. I mean all of
> them, each and every one. Heres why -
> [...]

The pelvic region has always looked too rigid to permit much in the way of
rearing, particularly if there are large neural spines. A quick hop up, 
but a sustained rearing...?